At the Bethel landfill, residents push back against the challenging economic reality of life in rural Alaska.

The Kuskokwim River community of Akiak has been largely without power for more than two weeks. The outage appears to be part of a broader issue with the town’s generators and has resulted in significant food loss and financial hardship for residents.

The aid money is for disasters declared for the 2022 chum salmon failure on the Kuskokwim River and the 2021-2022 sockeye salmon failure that affected Upper Cook Inlet setnet fishers.

Six tribes from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta continue to fight against federal environmental reviews and permitting for the proposed Donlin Gold mine project. The case is set to be argued in federal court in Anchorage on Monday, June 24.

The airline is looking to upgrade the terminal in Bethel, which could begin this year and extend through 2026, an Alaska Airlines representative said.

GCI says cellular provider AT&T is to blame for the missed calls, while AT&T puts the blame on an unnamed third party. It’s not clear how many calls GCI customers missed because of the interruption.

Communications company GCI says the fiber optic internet project will bring urban speeds and pricing to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and be a vast departure from its current network.

Democrat Mary Peltola joined Alaska's U.S. senators on a legal brief defending the mine in a lawsuit brought by Kuskokwim tribes.

Akutan, located in the middle of the Aleutian chain, is slated to receive a fiber-optic internet connection this summer through the GCI Aleutians Fiber Project.

The 45-mile stretch is just a fraction of the more than 900-mile network planned for completion by the end of 2027.