Alaska News

Our Alaska: Grocery shopping in Noorvik

In remote Alaska villages, natural resources may be plentiful, but the conveniences of modern life -- groceries, fuel, phone service and Internet access -- can be expensive, limited, or just plain unavailable. On a trip to the northwest Alaska village of Noorvik (the first community to be counted in the 2010 U.S. census), Anchorage-based reporter Joshua Saul checked out the shelves in the town's lone grocery store.

1203-ouralaska"Sarah Palin's Alaska" started its eight-week run on TLC Sunday, Nov. 14. While the former governor gives viewers nationwide her own tour of the Last Frontier, Alaska Dispatch will take a look at the state as it's experienced by residents across the state -- urban and rural, young and old, from all walks of life. You've seen "Sarah Palin's Alaska" -- now welcome to Our Alaska.

Craig Medred

Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. He left the ADN in 2015.

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