The late Orthodox missionary and scholar Fr. Michael Oleksa played a key role in compiling the accounts of holiness essential to the official process of Olga’s glorification.
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Federal fisheries managers hold Bering Sea pollock quota steady
The pollock trawl fishery has faced increasing criticism for its perceived role in Alaska’s salmon crash.
Quinhagak’s tribe issues disaster declaration as power outages continue into 5th day
The declaration stresses that the water and sewer systems are at immediate risk of freeze up and catastrophic failure.
Russian Orthodox Archpriest Michael James Oleksa has died at 76
Oleksa served as a priest in more than a dozen Alaska Native villages across the state over his five decades in Alaska.
Between flights to Tuluksak, Operation Santa Claus turned into a rescue mission
“We had Santa on the second flight,” the lead pilot said. “He was with the medics.”
The rivers froze before gasoline arrived in Nunapitchuk
Two barges were making their way up the Johnson River when one got stuck because of north winds, ice forming, and a lack of tide.
AFN attendees urge unity at convention as underlying tensions simmer
Relations are strained between AFN and some tribal entities and corporations in Alaska.
Hooper Bay families displaced by Merbok could lose housing this month
Rental housing in Hooper Bay is severely limited.
A year after Typhoon Merbok, some coastal Alaskans struggle to find beloved subsistence foods
A massive storm in 2022 brought flood waters to this part of Alaska, and the tundra was inundated with salt water for days.
FEMA under civil rights investigation after sending ‘unintelligible’ Merbok relief info to Alaska Native communities
Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wants to find out “whether there are systemic problems” with the way FEMA works with Indigenous communities in Alaska.