Basile was the annual recipient of the Alaska Federation of Natives award recognizing a non-Native individual who has been a longtime supporter of the Alaska Native community, particularly in rural Alaska.

According to the National Weather Service, Hooper Bay could see water levels as high as 7 feet above the normal high tide line and wind gusts as high as 70 miles per hour beginning early on the morning of Friday, Oct. 23, and extending into the evening.

Advocates are still seeking volunteers to run a polling site in Kwigillingok, another village badly damaged by ex-typhoon Halong a year ago.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski's votes on the war put her at odds with Sen. Dan Sullivan. He's in a tough re-election fight and has Murkowski's endorsement.

It is unclear whether more southern tropical storms are transforming into damaging storms up north, but they are hitting a more vulnerable Alaska landscape.

On Oct. 20, the Bethel City Council voted unanimously to re-elect Henderson to a one-year term as mayor. Council member Alicia Miner has been elected to a one-year term as vice mayor.

The Times reported Wednesday on secret efforts by the Peltola campaign, its lawyers and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to recruit Dan J. Petersburg Sullivan of Petersburg and other challengers, with the aim of drawing votes away from Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan.

Three absentee voting sites “declined to open,” the Division of Elections said Monday, and three had not responded to state officials. Some have opened unevenly.

Kim Clune has terminal breast cancer and is sharing her story to support renewed efforts to allow medical aid in dying in Alaska.

The family was on their way to the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Banquet.