Woman left stranded after snowmachine overturned dies in Southwest Alaska
The woman and a partner who survived were somehow separated during their walk, troopers said.
Rural Alaska
Toksook Bay elder is first person counted in 2020 US census
The decennial U.S. census has started in rural Alaska, out of tradition and necessity, ever since the U.S. purchased the territory from Russia in 1867.
On the edge of America, census begins in a Western Alaska village
The official attempt to count everyone living in the nation will begin Tuesday in a village that looks little like other U.S. towns.
Anchorage Daily News, ProPublica win John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim award for excellence in criminal justice journalism
The ‘Lawless’ series was among the reporting projects recognized for "the critical role played by the media, locally and nationally, to ensure our justice system lives up to the values that sustain our democracy.”
What to know as the 2020 census starts in Alaska
The census begins Tuesday in Toksook Bay.
Bureau of Indian Affairs proposes change affecting Alaska tribal recognition
Alaska tribes seeking federal status will have to demonstrate more than 80 years of history under the plan.
North Slope elder Aiken remembered for kindness and leadership
Ugiaqtaq Wesley Aiken of Utqiagvik, who died Jan. 6 at the age of 92, was witness to some of the greatest political and social changes in Arctic Alaska.
US Census Bureau is recruiting for thousands of job openings in Alaska
The bureau is aiming to hire at least one resident in every small Alaska community to gather data for the 2020 population count.
Eek traditional council approves funds to bring DMV to town to issue Real IDs
“Some of these people don’t have the funds to go into Bethel and get this done."
Bethel sets new limits on individual alcohol possession
The new rules went into effect Monday, two days after the city’s only liquor store was set to close, KYUK-AM reported.
Tribal groups condemn federal plan to open up millions of acres to mining interests
The Bureau of Land Management is updating land-use plans in a large part of rural Alaska.
First ads of the 2020 U.S. census are launched in Alaska villages
This is the first year the Census Bureau has aired ads targeting the residents of Alaska villages.
Alaska tribes can apply to create broadband and wireless networks
The Federal Communications Commission will auction unassigned communication bandwidth in 2020.
Utqiagvik is under a citywide rabies quarantine
Officials are asking the public to report fox sightings in town after a dog was bitten by an infected fox.
‘We can make this a better place': Iowa police round up supplies and cash to better equip an Alaska village force
After reading that Savoonga officers don’t have bulletproof vests, guns or even Tasers, an Iowa officer reached out to help.
Police: 2 missing Nome-based state Office of Children’s Services workers found safe
Angel Garcia and Jenna Pixey had been described as missing after last being seen Thursday night.
Federal bill extends payments for rural Alaska communities
Payments from the Secure Rural Schools and the Payment in Lieu of Taxes programs are expected to fund school operations and maintenance, road work and special projects in communities near national forest land.
Review of rape ‘cold cases’ in Nome hits a wall
An effort to review cold cases and remake the police department was frustrated by bureaucratic snags and the agency’s shorthanded staffing, the former police chief said.
Alaska Native organization seeks land for 5 Southeast communities omitted from ANCSA
Alaska Natives Without Land wants a change to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act on behalf of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee Springs and Wrangell.
Dillingham woman chosen to name star and exoplanet
Ivory Adajar of the Curyung Tribal Council won an International Astronomical Union competition by submitting the names of rivers in the Bristol Bay region.