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.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... As Alaska Native people with deep ties to the land over which the Department of the Interior (DOI) has jurisdiction, we are immensely proud of Rep. Deb Haaland’s confirmation as secretary. We are also nervous. In so many ways, Alaska is different from the rest of the nation. This is not a bad thing...

Alaska’s Remote Villages Race Against Time and History The coronavirus has spread into the most remote villages, a reminder of earlier pandemics that ravaged the state. Now there is a rush to deliver vaccines in time. Credit... March 7, 2021 BIRCH CREEK, Alaska — As the turboprop plane rumbled to a halt at the edge of a frozen landing strip, Vennessa Joseph and her fellow villagers were racing to meet it, their snowmobiles kicking up a flurry of powder behind them. Within minutes, six...

The United States has one of the highest poverty rates for children among the world's wealthiest nations, and now US lawmakers are looking to help the estimated nearly 11 million youngsters in need.

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — A fire in an Alaska village has destroyed a plant that served as the community’s only source of clean, running water and that has left residents waiting for a delivery of water by plane. KYUK-AM reported that Alaska State Troopers say the fire at the water plant in Tuluksak burned from about noon until 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Residents of the Native Alaska village northeast of Bethel hauled water from the Tuluksak River with snowmachines while attempting to dou...