Ben Townsend, KNOM - Nome

In total, 88 people made the short trip from Shaktoolik to Unalakleet – just over half of the 168 people in Shaktoolik at the time.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have already caused damaging flooding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The storm is expected to move north and continue into Monday, Oct. 13.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have already caused damaging flooding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The storm is expected to move north and continue into Monday, Oct. 13.

State emergency officials are deploying response teams and have requested help from the Alaska National Guard and State Defense Force.

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.

The apparent cable break is in a similar location to an outage in 2023 that left customers without internet for 14 weeks.

Senate Bill 151 establishes a new MMIP Review Commission, a nine-member body responsible for reviewing unsolved MMIP cases and submitting reports to the Alaska Legislature. The bill also mandates Indigenous cultural training for new police officers in Alaska and at least two full-time MMIP investigators.

Veteran Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Ramey Smyth is leading the effort to build the new arch, replacing one that collapsed in April.

Authorities announced the approval of $108.8 million for Alaskan communities reeling from 2022’s Typhoon Merbok.

The replacement built by Smyth will be the third iteration of the burled wood arch. In 1974, Red Olson began crafting the first arch that served the Iditarod for 25 years.