Emily Schwing

On Dec. 1, local tribal leadership decided to shut down the power and water plants, and to board up buildings in the tiny Bering Sea coastal community.

The Newtok Village Council has decommissioned the village, deeming it too unsafe to live in. Nearly 90 people will move to higher ground this month, and they’re scrambling to take what they can with them.

By the end of November 2024, the Newtok Village Council hopes no one will be living in Newtok. The local tribal government has deemed the village too unsafe for anyone to remain there through the winter. Eighty-eight residents still in the Bering Sea coastal village are moving into temporary housing 9 miles away at a new townsite: Mertarvik.

All six members of the caucus took to the stage during this year’s Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention in Anchorage.

The Congresswoman’s comments come after revelations that some state Republicans may have killed a bill that would have eliminated a witness signature requirement for absentee ballots because of a perception that it could benefit Alaska Native voters.

With dozens of communities facing relocation, one scientists is working on ways to help them find stable ground to support them

Rep. Mary Peltola’s speech to the Alaska Federation of Natives, which highlighted subsistence issues, comes a day after the federal government signed multiple agreements aimed at strengthening tribal subsistence rights in Alaska.

It’s the largest one-time climate-change related federal grant award to Alaska, ever.

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory for the northern Kuskokwim Delta coast and a special weather statement for the Yukon Delta coast.

Widespread rain and gale force winds are expected for Southwest Alaska through the weekend.