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The Right of Entry forms are required for households that may need or have already received certain types of assistance related to winterization and debris removal. They allow authorized recovery agencies to enter properties to inspect, document, and complete recovery work.

Voters who may not have an in-person polling place in their community can vote absentee in-person for the upcoming 2026 primary election at polling locations that include Bethel and Anchorage.

A group of Kwigillingok women who returned to their community share about their experiences in the second part of a series by Bethel-based photojournalist Katie Baldwin Basile. The series looks at the impacts of ex-typhoon Halong, which hit Western Alaska in October 2025.

Many of ex-typhoon Halong’s impacts are tangible and concrete, like damage to infrastructure and calls for village relocation. But some of the greatest impacts may be invisible.

For the village of Quinhagak, the storm flooded a critical piece of their past: an archaeological dig. This summer, an emergency dig will help them excavate that past before it's gone.

Alaska’s deadline for voter registration is coming up soon, but some Typhoon Halong-impacted voters don’t need to update their residential address to vote, even if they’re living somewhere else.

Western Alaska youth are grappling with trauma they suffered during the 2025 climate disaster.

The 45-year-old had been missing from Kwigillingok since the night of the ex-typhoon in October 2025. He was the son of 67-year-old Ella Mae Kashatok, whose body was found one day after the storm. Her brother, 71-year-old Vernon Pavil, is still missing.

Burt Paul and Benjamin Kugtsun, two of those who remained in Kipnuk, reflect on living through the October 2025 storm, their lifelong friendship, and the reasons they stayed behind in the first part in a series from Bethel-based photojournalist Katie Baldwin Basile.

The tribe originally applied for the declaration in January, several months after an October 2025 storm destroyed an estimated 90% of homes and led to the mass evacuation of nearly all of the community’s roughly 1,000 residents.