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.

A low-pressure system is expected to bring nearly 80 mph wind gusts to the west coast this week, according to the National Weather Service. Coastal wind warnings and winter weather hazards have been issued for large portions of Western Alaska.

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.

Fourteen dance groups are performing over the two Quyana nights during the AFN convention in Anchorage.