Emily Schwing, KYUK - Bethel
2 Alaska health care providers sue feds over millions in unpaid costs
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. and Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium are seeking about $34 million in contract support costs.
As their public school deteriorates, Sleetmute residents worry their community isn’t far behind
"I feel like us upriver people are just being neglected," said Agnes Sanford, vice president of the Sleetmute Tribal Council.
Alaska’s recent cold snap tested critical infrastructure, including in Mertarvik
The entire community was without electricity for more than three days, as subzero temperatures sapped the local generator's batteries.
Chevak hardware store and corporation headquarters lost in fire
Residents who live in about a dozen homes were evacuated to the local school after the Monday blaze, which partially knocked out local power.
The 2024 Kuskokwim 300 is expected to be cold, but it certainly won’t be the coldest
Deep in the race archives, there’s a story about a race so cold it froze a half gallon of rum.
‘Inequitable and inefficient’: New report criticizes feds’ climate change response system
For the dozens of Alaska Native communities weighing relocation because of climate change, the path forward isn’t clear.
Sweeping FEMA changes aim to eliminate red tape, financial burdens for disaster survivors
The changes won’t apply to hundreds in Western Alaska who are still cleaning up from spring floods and Typhoon Merbok.
Peltola says she’ll dig in on salmon crisis during report to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention
The congresswoman tried to deliver a "business as usual" report but the crowd of hundreds delivered their own message of comfort and support.
More than two dozen resolutions pass at AFN with minimal debate or disagreement
Debate over previous years' resolutions, on issues including subsistence fishing and climate change, has been heated and contentious.
AFN attendees urge unity at convention as underlying tension simmers
With former members visibly absent, the Alaska Federation of Natives highlighted strategic planning and spoke with convention attendees.
Hooper Bay families displaced by Merbok could lose housing this month
Two of the three families who lost their homes and most of their possessions during Typhoon Merbok are still trying to find a permanent solution.
A year after Typhoon Merbok, some coastal Alaskans struggle to find subsistence foods
A massive storm in 2022 brought flood waters to this part of Alaska, and the tundra was inundated with salt water for days.
FEMA under investigation after ‘unintelligible’ Merbok relief information was sent to Alaska Native communities
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's work with Alaska’s Indigenous communities is being checked for possible systemic problems.
New ‘berry booklets’ for Alaska pickers combine traditional knowledge and science
The first booklet, focused on cloudberries, is part of a larger project that digs into the future of Alaska’s wild berries as the climate warms.
100 million years ago, dinosaurs lived in Interior Alaska. A research team went looking for them.
Paleontologists Tony Fiorillo and Yoshitsugu Kobayashi spent many hours considering footprints left behind by at least half a dozen ancient species.
A deep dive into the Yukon River’s ancient history could result in a new name for a rock formation
The rocks are exposed along a more than 100-mile stretch of the middle section of the Yukon River, between Galena and Kaltag.
Local stories mean Yukon River ‘treasure trove’ is more than just a lot of dinosaur footprints
Residents in the region say they've been finding ancient footprints left by giant reptiles their entire lives.
Scientists find a ‘dinosaur bonanza’ during Yukon River trip
In a single week, the researchers found at least two dozen footprints left by at least five different ancient species.
Scientists embark on a Yukon River expedition to track down a trove of dinosaur footprints
After dozens of field seasons along the Aleutian chain and on the North Slope, paleontologists will explore new territory along part of the Yukon River.
Newtok residents say a portion of the public school will be demolished this summer
Newtok's school was also the center of local social events, until a January generator fire. Now residents have nowhere to gather.