Emily Schwing
News ReporterEmily has covered land and wildlife management, wildfire and local government extensively in Alaska since 2006. She has worked all over the state, from the Chukchi Sea Coast to the Wrangell Narrows and from the Canadian Border to the Seward Peninsula.
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Mike Williams Sr. aims to make Western Alaska’s food security and climate change threats top issues at the federal level.
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The eight-member board could get three additional seats to be filled by individuals who have “direct experience with subsistence uses”
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Keeping the lights on in subzero temperatures has not been easy in some rural and roadless communities.
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The village has lost both a landmark and its reliable source for household appliances and other supplies.
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Snyder told KYUK’s trail reporter that his dogs have bad frostbite and he ‘doesn’t want to hurt them any more.'
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Deep in the race archives, there’s a story about a race so cold it froze a half gallon of rum.
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For the dozens of Alaska Native communities weighing relocation because of climate change, the path forward isn’t clear.
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Homes, fish camps, and destroyed subsistence gear that haven’t already been repaired or replaced still won’t qualify for individual assistance under new policies that take effect in March 2024.
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The changes won’t apply to hundreds in Western Alaska who are still cleaning up from spring floods and Typhoon Merbok.
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As the end of 2023 approaches, KYUK’s news team wraps up highlights from a year’s-worth of reporting