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Alaska Natives from across the state grappled with two dramatic issues at the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention last week: The immediate devastation of the impact of typhoon Halong and...
A joint search and rescue mission was concluding, Monday, when state authorities announced at least one woman had died from a rare and devastating coastal storm that slammed into Alaska’s western...
One woman was recovered dead, and two persons are still missing in Kwigillingok after ex-typhoon Halong ravaged villages along the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta last weekend.
As of Tuesday, the state’s...
The Nome Common Council canvassed last week’s municipal elections and made official the results. After voting down one questioned ballot — the voter, a Nomeite, was registered in Fairbanks— the...
By Jenni Monet, Ariana Crockett O'Harra and Diana Haecker |
Communities across the Bering Strait region are preparing for remnants of Typhoon Halong, a mix of fast winds and high waves that could...
By Jenni Monet |
John Ahkvaluk isn’t just from Inalik (also spelled Inaliq), or Little Diomede. He was born on the remote island, in the Bering Strait, in a sod home by the light of a seal oil lamp...
By Ariana Crockett O’Harra |
The effects of the federal government shutdown could soon be felt in Nome and Western Alaska.
A press release from Governor Dunleavy’s office last week said that Medicaid...
By Diana Haecker and Ariana Crockett O’Harra |
A storm on Wednesday caused severe flooding in Kotzebue, prompting mandatory evacuation orders to all residents of the city.
In the Nome, Bering Strait...
By Diana Haecker |
Despite wind-driven rain during a proper Nome fall storm on election day, 424 Nome voters found their way to the polls and elected a new mayor for Nome.
Ken Hughes won a decisive...
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, Nome voters will be casting their ballots for the following offices: Mayor of Nome, two Nome Common Council seats, two NJUS board seats and two School Board seats. The only...