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Corinne Smith/Alaska BeaconOfficials say the state never used the $5 million per week it set aside to keep people from waiting for food benefits because the state’s system had to be reconfigured to use state money rather than its usual federal funding source. -
AKDOT&PFThe idea of building a road to connect the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers has been studied for decades, but a new program spearheaded by the state transportation department could finally make the link between Alaska’s two longest waterways a reality.
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Two judges ordered the Trump administration to reverse a freeze on SNAP funding, but the state had yet to receive the money as of the afternoon of Oct. 31. -
The Alaska Division of Public Assistance announced that SNAP benefits for November will not be released and experts worry that will add to food insecurity in the wake of ex-Typhoon Halong. -
Outside of Bethel, there’s only one official restaurant in the entire Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. But bypass mail price hikes could threaten the iconic eatery’s future. -
The rising cost of food and other household goods compound in rural Alaska, where the shipping system that bypasses postal offices is seeing a rate hike. -
Yuut Elitnaurviat, the vocational center serving the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, is under new leadership after Executive Director Mike Hoffman recently retired. Yuut Elitnaiurviat says it could not be in better hands with his replacement – a household name across the region and the state. -
Feds must consider larger potential Donlin spill, but federal judge doesn't throw out mine's permitsThe federal agencies issuing key permits and approvals for the Donlin Gold mine in Southwest Alaska need to reevaluate the potential for a large spill of mine waste, according to a federal judge’s decision on June 10 in an ongoing lawsuit. But the judge didn’t throw out the permits and approvals entirely. -
Free T-shirts reading "Tua-i Digital Divide!" handed out at the June 3 event reflect the unique tribal-private partnership that has made the high-speed fiber internet network possible. -
The disappearance of glaciers is not only leading to the creation of new fish habitat, but it's also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry. -
High-speed fiber-optic internet is live in Bethel. It’s part of a years-long tribal broadband project – a partnership between telecommunications provider GCI and Bethel Native Corporation. -
Better knowledge and mapping of existing infrastructure is leading to a new estimate of future thaw costs under varying climate scenarios.
