Rural Alaska

Alaska State Troopers say Novely Rivers and Abigail Olson were found dead early Wednesday at a home in the Bering Sea coastal village. Officials offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible for the deaths.

The 22-year-old driver was found unresponsive and not breathing in the ditch, troopers said.

The school district said it’s installing cameras on Kivalina school buses for safety reasons, suspending service “until further notice.” For students who don’t have another way to get to school, absences are unexcused.

In the next few weeks, the last 71 residents of Newtok will load their possessions onto boats to move to Mertarvik, rejoining 230 residents who began moving away in 2019.

A purported sighting of a rat wouldn’t get much attention in many places around the world. But it caused a stir earlier this year on St. Paul Island.

Three Inupiat candidates are giving pitches about representing both the North Slope and Northwest Arctic, distinct regions within a single legislative district.

Alaska State Troopers identified the men who died in the Sunday night crash as residents of Chugiak and Sterling, as well as Ohio and South Carolina.

Navy officials say apologies in Kake and Angoon are “long overdue” and “the right thing to do.”

The pilot, an off-duty Yute employee, and passengers including another employee and a former employee, were going moose hunting, authorities said.

The decision follows accusations from the city’s former finance administrator that Mayor Tariek Oviok misused public funds, as well as escalating tensions between the mayor and the council over the resulting investigation.

Another preliminary report issued Wednesday detailed more information about Saturday’s helicopter crash at the Naknek River near King Salmon.

A witness alerted a family member, who saved two of the dogs, according to an affidavit filed in the case.

A 31-year-old man was found in the river below Akiachak on Aug. 28 and a 28-year-old man was found earlier last month, Alaska State Troopers said this week.

Most of the funding is from the Inflation Reduction Act and will go toward new renewable energy measures all around the state.

The deadly crash was one of five in the area over the weekend. A crash north of Glennallen also seriously injured two people, officials said.

Herbert Aluska struck a rock while driving his all-terrain vehicle early Saturday near Stebbins, causing it to roll, Alaska State Troopers said.

Leroy Kobuk Sr., 47, was arrested on suspicion of first- and second-degree murder in the beating death of Michaeline Snowball, charges said.

The division was scrambling to open several precincts before voting ended at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Vaughn Walunga was shot in the hand after he fired at two Alaska State Troopers and a court services officers, troopers said.

Some residents report that the flooding is worse than during Typhoon Merbok and that it rivals this year’s historic breakup floods on the Kuskokwim River.

Since launching in the state in late 2022, Starlink has given Alaskans another option for web access in places that are harder to reach with physical infrastructure.

The 33-year-old woman drove off the road “at a high rate of speed” on Saturday, Alaska State Troopers said.

An Alaska State Trooper fired at a man barricaded in a home Tuesday but missed, troopers said. Authorities found a 38-year-old woman dead inside.