‘Over 15 mph, we make clouds’: Road dust plagues rural Alaska
BETHEL — Across rural Alaska, cars, trucks and four-wheelers kick up clouds of road dust, a plague that coats tundra berries and
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‘The permafrost is dying’: Alaska city sees increased shifting of roads and buildings
BETHEL — Along the main thoroughfare here, drivers brake for warped asphalt. Houses sink unevenly into the ground. Walls crack and
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New police unit to fight violent crime in west Alaska
BETHEL – Alaska State Troopers are creating a new unit, effective Tuesday, to focus on violent crime in the Yukon-Kuskokwim
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High temperatures sink vehicles traveling ice roads in Western Alaska
BETHEL — Two pickup trucks used by construction crews working on a water and sewer project in the village of Kwethluk on
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Fishing go-ahead on Alaska River
After weeks of anxiety, fishermen on the Kuskokwim River can finally breathe a sigh of relief, as managers announced a
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Farm flourishes on Alaska tundra
BETHEL, Alaska — The red barn on the barren, windswept plain along the Kuskokwim River outside of this village-cum-regional-hub in
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