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The Graphite One exploration camp, on the northern slopes of the Kigluaik Mountains.

Army Corps extends deadline to comment on Graphite One 404 permit

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period for a major permit to allow the proposed Graphite One mine to go forward. The deadline was extended from October 31 to November...

PROTEST – Charlene Apok and Claire Tatqiq Nay protest the Ambler Road project during Senator Dan Sullivan’s speech on the second day of the AFN convention on Friday, October 17 at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Tatqiq Nay, left, is from Kotzebue. Dozens of protestors flooded the floor during Sullivan’s speech.

Alaska’s congressional delegation speaks at AFN

The three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation spoke at AFN last weekend with markedly different-sized crowds. During Senator Dan Sullivan’s speech on Friday, protestors turned their backs...

If government shutdown continues, SNAP benefits will be cut off Nov. 1

The state of Alaska announced on Monday that as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service has directed states to stop the...

FOCUSED DANCERS— Evelyn Koonooka and Janissa Noongwook dance with the Qughsatkut Dancers of Gambell, on October 16 at the AFN Convention in Anchorage’s Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center.

Subsistence rights and disaster relief take center stage at 2025 Alaska Federation of Natives convention

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...

IPNUK— U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews conduct overflights of Kipnuk, after coastal flooding impacted several western Alaska communities, Oct. 12, 2025.

Ex-typhoon Halong shifted course, and turned deadly in the YK-Delta

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...

UNALAKLEET— Unalakleet’s Post Office was missing part of the roof. It has been repaired as of Tuesday.

Ex-typhoon Halong spares Nome, Norton Sound and Bering Strait from worst

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...

SWORN IN— Mayor-elect Ken Hughes, right, is sworn in to the office of mayor of Nome by John Handeland, left, and City Clerk Dan Grimmer, center, during the October 14 Nome Common Council meeting.

Nome Common Council canvasses election

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...

A stranger uses his truck to help pull up one of the few remaining boats from the inner harbor, Friday. Port of Nome officials say most mariners departed the Bering Strait region by Wednesday, while others who missed the window made arrangements to shelter in place.

Region prepares for ex-typhoon Halong

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...

Inalik (also spelled Inaliq) or Little Diomede Island at the edge of the Bering Strait, with Russia just 2.4 miles, makes it one of the most remote communities in the United States

On Little Diomede: A long wait for everything, including stable housing

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...

Federal government shutdown may soon impact region

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...