"Megan Alvanna-Stimpfle"

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended every person across the country wash their hands regularly throughout the day to prevent the spread of germs. Some in rural Alaska, without running water, are left asking: How? “That’s easier said than done,” said Frank Oxereok Jr., the mayor of Wales, a small coastal community with a…

As aging water systems and government bureaucracy threaten the public health of Alaska Native villages across the Bering Strait region, community leaders struggle to obtain funding for critical water and sewer infrastructure.

The three-day convention in Fairbanks will open with a healing ceremony from the Alaska Suicide Prevention Council.

Two western Alaska residents will be the keynote speakers at this year’s AFN convention.