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Courtesy of the Kashatok familyThe 45-year-old had been missing from Kwigillingok since the night of the ex-typhoon in October 2025. He was the son of 67-year-old Ella Mae Kashatok, whose body was found one day after the storm. Her brother, 71-year-old Vernon Pavil, is still missing. -
Photo provided by Angie Fitch.Alaska Native leaders have been advocating for more veterinary care in villages for years. -
Ben Townsend/KNOMThe complicated legacy of the Jesuits' nearly 140 years in the state was honored at an event at Bethel’s Immaculate Conception Church on June 16. -
Margaret Sutherland/KNOMUlric Jeffery Ulroan, 48, who has been living in Nome for the past two years, was arrested on June 24 by Alaska State Troopers and the Nome Police Department. He has been arraigned for charges involving sexual abuse, sexual assault, indecent exposure, and furnishing alcohol to a minor. -
Corinne Smith/Alaska BeaconA secret agreement provides the most detailed insight yet into one of the world’s largest prospective natural gas projects. -
Eric Stone/Alaska Public MediaThe vetoes leave untouched hundreds of millions of dollars lawmakers set aside for school maintenance, construction, and operations. -
Rhonda McBride, KNBA.The State of Alaska's battle over managing fisheries on the Kuskokwim River has a big price tag. The state must pay $1.8 million to cover the legal costs of four Native groups that joined the federal government's lawsuit against the state. -
Ben Townsend/KNOMCommunities in Norton Sound are among those preparing for an extended period of extra high fuel prices after the war with Iran drove up the cost of energy globally.
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High energy costs are a fact of life in remote, rural Alaska with few easy answers. But siblings Vjosa and Drini Pellumbi — who recently won top honors for their boiler heat recovery system design — are committed to being part of the solution. -
On June 13, community members flocked to Riverview Park for the Return of the Salmon event put on by Mother Kuskokwim Tribal Coalition, a grassroots organization opposing the proposed Donlin Gold mine. -
Alaska Native corporations rely on contracts awarded through the 8(a) program – especially from the U.S. Department of Defense – for a significant portion of their revenue. -
Despite not being a licensed guide, 36-year-old Michael Beans used Facebook to advertise trophy hunts that took in nearly $60,000 in advance payments from dozens of out of state clients. The hunts were canceled before they started. -
Alaska school districts that have grown to rely on international teacher hires are likely to do without them this year, even after a federal judge recently blocked the Trump administration’s fee hikes for highly skilled worker visas. -
Alaska is one of 29 states that allow at least some late-arriving ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked on or before election day. But a U.S. Supreme Court ruling could complicate that, especially for voters in the Bush.
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Lawmakers had planned to reconvene in Juneau July 1 to vote on a compromise bill cutting taxes for the Alaska LNG project. Republicans said they were frustrated by the slow pace. -
An equine-assisted psychotherapy program in Wasilla helps people process trauma, grief and mental health challenges, even if talking isn't easy. -
The collision was caused by a vehicle crossing into upcoming traffic, police said. -
Over the last decade more and more elders in the state are needing to rehome their birds.
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