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Ice is rotting and water is starting to flow in communities along the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers. McGrath’s ice tripod fell at 1:55 p.m. on May 1.
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In less than a month, Uquviar Charitie Ropati will be the first Alaska Native woman to graduate from Columbia University’s Civil Engineering program in the department’s more than 155-year history. She says her deep roots in the coastal village of Kongiganak support her through the frustrating work of pushing for change on a global stage.
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The state says the notorious “Polk Road” will not reopen until summer repairs are completed.
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The arch, which marks the end of the Iditarod Trail, collapsed Saturday (April 27). It was last renovated in 2013.
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The man was accused of the assault stemming from a June 2021 incident that took place in the lower Yukon River community of St. Mary’s.
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In honor of National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, local organizations are organizing a poster-making event on Wednesday, May 1, and the third annual March for Justice on Friday, May 3.
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Democrat Mary Peltola joined Alaska's U.S. senators on a legal brief defending the mine in a lawsuit brought by Kuskokwim tribes.
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Seybert was perhaps best known in Unalaska for recognizing the amphibious Grumman Goose’s potential for operating along the steep coastlines of the Aleutian Islands.
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Patients who died at places like Morningside Hospital in Portland were often buried there and never returned home.
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Breakup began late last week on the south fork of the Kuskokwim River in Nikolai, and other Kuskokwim communities report the beginnings of ice rot. On the Yukon, breakup is reportedly starting in Whitehorse on the Canadian side but elsewhere, the water isn't yet flowing in the open.
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Residents of Holy Cross and multiple Kuskokwim River communities reported feeling the early morning earthquake.
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KYUK reporters Evan Erickson and Emily Schwing, as well as former reporters Francisco Martínezcuello and Sunni Bean, received awards at the 2024 Alaska Press Club Awards ceremony in Anchorage on April 20. News director Sage Smiley also received awards for work at KSTK in Wrangell, Alaska.
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Chignik Bay on the Alaska Peninsula is the latest community to join GCI’s Aleutians fiber optic cable project. The telecommunications company said crews started digging trenches in Chignik Bay around the beginning of April, and GCI expects households to be able to log into broadband internet sometime this summer.
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The Unalaska Raiders brought home several awards from the Native Youth Olympics tournament held in Anchorage last week, including several first place titles.
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The ARROW program aims to strengthen public safety, create jobs, and make Bethel a drone hub for Western Alaska.
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