The wooden arch fell as the City of Nome experienced its first 40-degree temperatures since Oct. 31.
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Army Corps of Engineers affirms denial of permit for Pebble Mine
The decision issued Monday is the latest in a long string of legal and administrative rulings against the project.
Judge rules for the feds in a lawsuit against the state of Alaska over subsistence fishing rights
A U.S. District Court judge ruled that state fisheries managers can’t allow salmon fishing on a long stretch of the Kuskokwim River if their orders conflict with federal management decisions.
Pioneer of Western Alaska journalism Rosemary ‘Rosie’ Porter dies at 85
Porter was a fierce advocate for the people of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta as owner and editor of The Tundra Drums newspaper
Chevak hardware store and corporation headquarters destroyed by fire
As of the afternoon of Jan. 29, the electricity was out to one section of the community, and residents who live in about a dozen homes were evacuated to the local school.
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.”
Alaska’s rural animal shelters are struggling to keep up: ‘Everywhere has no room’
Animal shelters around the state have seen a recent uptick of stray and surrendered animals.
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.