In Alaska’s far-flung villages, happiness is a cake mix
The store-bought box, one of the few dependable food items in a place of scarcity, is tricked out for dinners and fundraisers by many a “cake lady.”
Rural Alaska
Ahtna rejects settlement in Klutina Lake Road case
The state and the Glennallen-based Alaska Native corporation have sparred for years over access to the Klutina country, a destination for fishing, boating, camping and hunting.
Study: ‘Unprecedented’ rain, warmth for Alaska by end of century
Warming will bring bigger rain events, winter thaws and scorching summer days, says a UAF study of future weather extremes
Stampede suspected as dozens of walruses found dead near Point Lay
The Arctic barrier island where the carcasses were found has emerged as a favored end-of-summer haulout for animals trying to survive without summer sea ice.
Igiugig residents take on 6-week traditional food challenge as a health experiment
Starting Sunday, the villagers will challenge themselves to eat only traditional foods, locally raised foods and oatmeal -- and they've been preparing for eight months.
Hundreds of dead birds found on Bering Sea shores
The die-off, the latest in a series that coincides with warm marine conditions, is claiming northern fulmars and short-tailed shearwaters over a vast geographic region
Nuiqsut lands first whales of fall
A Kaktovik crew landed a third soon after.
Wells Fargo branch manager in Bethel named company’s top employee volunteer of the year
Jon Cochrane, Wells Fargo branch manager in Bethel, has been named the bank’s top volunteer service award honoree among more than 600 employees nationwide who applied.
Alaska’s small high-mountain glaciers play a big role in groundwater and river systems
Water from high-altitude and often obscure glaciers appears to be important to aquifers, but those glaciers are shrinking.
Utqiagvik’s Ilisagvik College rolls out its first bachelor’s degree program
The college's first four-year program will be in business, while plans for a second — in education — are in the works.
Alaska tribal health care powerhouses battle over executive’s $1 million-plus pay
At the heart of a legal battle between two tribal health care providers is a pay raise for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium board chairman, whose compensation rose to over $1 million, up from $122,000 two years earlier.
23 people charged with illegally selling alcohol in Bethel, including 18 cab drivers
Troopers launched their investigation into bootlegging in Bethel after receiving tips for several years that "many Bethel cab drivers" were illegally selling alcohol out of their taxis.
A new pre-K curriculum aims to fight obesity by teaching kids about subsistence
Instead of looking at pictures of foods often unattainable in the region, the preschoolers will learn how to make more culturally relevant dishes like sea lion meatballs.
Vanishing permafrost triggers race to save the past before it’s too late
Village leaders say they will try to accomplish what the permafrost can no longer provide — a means of preserving the past for future generations.
Home hundreds of years old unearthed as Quinhagak readies cultural center
The remote village in a cash-poor region is running a research repository for ancient artifacts dating to the time before contact with Russians and other outsiders.
Eyeing a bus system, Unalaska gives public transit a test run
The Aleutian city conducted a week's worth of trial runs with a 15-passenger van as part of an effort to see whether it might benefit from bus service.
Decades-old documentary films preserve snapshots of Alaska Native cultures
The Alaska Center for Documentary Films contains hours of priceless footage from Alaska Native communities. But it faces the threat of time and decay.
A first visit touches on the soul of Unalaska
Some 1,200 miles from Juneau, Unalaska is a marvelous destination, full of interesting people, places and a tragic World War II history.
Confidential Children’s Services case files may have been accessed in security breach
The state issued a notification of the security breach and possible theft of people’s information Friday evening.
Missing 20-year-old found dead in Kuskokwim River near Bethel
Norman Paul was reported missing by family members who said he was last seen in Bethel near the small boat harbor on Aug. 10.