The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and chair Sen. Lisa Murkowski will appear in person at the YKHC hospital on Wednesday (May 6) to hear from leaders and community members about disaster response, mitigation, resilience, and relocation programs serving tribal communities. The hearing is open to the public.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski held a roundtable in Anchorage with Interior Department officials on May 5 to hear from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok leaders about challenges the communities still face and ideas for how to move forward.

The city of Marshall says multiple families have received precautionary vaccinations after multiple community members handled puppies that had been living alongside a dog that later tested positive for rabies.

Professional counselor and Bethel resident Rick Robb is one of four candidates vying to represent the vast Senate District S in the Alaska Legislature. For years the seat has been held by Lyman Hoffman, who announced his retirement from politics last year.

Relatives and friends of murdered and missing Indigenous Alaskans took their grief to the streets of Midtown Anchorage on April 30. The event was the third annual Walk for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People hosted by the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

The state released data from emergency department visits from 2019 to 2024 and urges Alaskans to wear protective gear when riding.