The Lower Yukon School District is giving students from Hooper Bay to Russian Mission the opportunity to live in Anchorage through the Kusilvak Career Academy.
If approved, Alaska would have the nation’s first statewide street legal policy for four-wheelers and snowmachines.
Police Chief Richard Simmons in the Southwest Alaska hub city said he supported the city council’s decision to hire an independent investigator.
In addition to a new airport for Newtok-Mertarvik, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and Kenai Municipal Airport will receive funding for upgrades.
The tribes can take as long as three years to spend these funds, unlike a similar bill that was passed in 2020, which had a shorter deadline, KYUK-AM reported.
Broadcasters say their coverage delights village elders and helps keep their language alive for youths.
An essential worker tested positive on the island after previously testing negative before traveling to the community.
Serita Unin joined the National Guard in 2009 as a generator mechanic and said combat jobs were not available for women at the time.
Juanita Nick said Bethel police didn’t arrive until more than seven hours after she first called to report her rape. That was just the first of many delays in her case.
Some Kaktovik residents have expressed concern about tourism impacts to their community, but a polar bear guide asserted the order is based on “false information.”
Daris Larson was in a cell at the Nunapitchuk Police Department when he shot a village police officer in the stomach, then shot through the cell lock to escape, an affidavit said.
A prisoner “who was being secured at the Nunapitchuk Public Safety Building” shot a village police officer and escaped, according to troopers.
Strong crosswinds were reported as the pilot tried to take off.
Towns and villages from the Arctic to Southeast have faced significant water challenges this winter, but the money available to make systems reliable is far short of what’s needed.
Troopers said human remains have not been found so far at the site of the fire in Chevak. Two men have been missing since the blaze occurred earlier this week.
The community of King Cove has long argued for construction of the 11-mile road through the refuge to provide access to medical services.
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. last week installed a reverse osmosis water filtration system as a short-term solution in the Southwest Alaska village.
Sackett strove to make a difference in rural Alaska, after childhood experiences in the remote village of Cutoff highlighted shortcomings in medical, transportation and other services, according to a profile by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Janice Richards told her family she was going for a walk the evening of Feb. 24 and they haven’t seen her since, authorities say.
The state’s list of COVID-free communities includes at least 10 places, stretching from Pelican to the Aleutian Islands to deep in the Interior.
