A program that has subsidized commercial aviation rural routes and is particularly significant in Alaska is a target for a more than 50% reduction in funding under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal.

The milestone for the tribal-private partnership that has unspooled hundreds of miles of fiber optic cables along the seafloor, riverbeds, and tundra of the region comes at a time when little is certain about the future of rural broadband.

A global mining giant is selling its 50% stake in Donlin Gold. One of the buyers is John Paulson, who made billions betting against the housing market before the 2008 financial crisis.

In a list of potentially targeted agencies and programs, the state’s congressional delegation has voiced concerns over one unique to Alaska: Bypass Mail.

The hydrokinetic turbine pilot project, scheduled to launch in June, is a partnership between the Native Village of Napaimute, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Oregon-based company BladeRunner Energy.

For 56 communities across the region reliant on federal funds to support critical infrastructure and essential services, cuts at any level could have severe consequences.

Across Alaska and the lower 48, eggs have become an expensive luxury, thanks to an outbreak of bird flu. On the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the egg shortage tells the story of the region’s food supply, which relies heavily on goods imported from elsewhere.

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s regional corporation has announced it will distribute $13.1 million to its almost 38,500 shareholders this spring.

Quintillion, owner of the massive subsea fiber optic cable network connecting Prudhoe Bay and Nome, recently secured $25 million toward an extension of its planned 1,000-mile Nome to Homer Express Route.

Turkey is tightly tied to Thanksgiving tradition, but securing a bird for the holidays off of the road system can be prohibitively expensive. So when community organizations put together Bethel’s first-ever free turkey distribution, the community gobbled up the opportunity.