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A quick-moving and early breakup on the upper Kuskokwim River led to widespread flooding in lower-river communities. Here are some photos submitted by community members from communities on the lower Kuskokwim from the past week.
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Now that breakup is finally over on the Kuskokwim, individuals affected by flooding can apply for disaster relief funding.
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Breakup began late last week on the south fork of the Kuskokwim River in Nikolai, and other Kuskokwim communities report the beginnings of ice rot. On the Yukon, breakup is reportedly starting in Whitehorse on the Canadian side but elsewhere, the water isn't yet flowing in the open.
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For the second year in a row, a group of Alaska Native mothers from the village of Newtok reported on deteriorating conditions in their community at the annual Arctic Encounter Symposium.
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Bristol Bay communities are struggling with numerous overdoses as tens of thousands of lethal doses of opioids flow into the region. A group of community members in Dillingham are advocating for a united effort within the entire community to protect people and help them recover.
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The National Weather Service urges travelers to use caution, carry a winter survival kit, and stay with a vehicle if they get stuck.
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National Guard personnel jumped from a search and rescue aircraft to deliver blood to a Kotlik womanSevere weather prevented a civilian air ambulance from airlifting a woman to Bethel for medical treatment.
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Suits filed in In U.S. District Court allege the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services owes both organizations millions in unpaid costs.
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Republican lawmakers cited concerns about an ongoing wrongful death lawsuit against the state in which the ACLU of Alaska is co-counsel.
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A teenager in the coastal village of Kotlik has been charged with terroristic threatening, weapons misconduct, assault, and cruelty to animals after Alaska State Troopers say he fired shots into a residence, killing two dogs.
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Newtok’s school building has no electricity and the problem can’t be fixed. Nine miles away in Mertarvik, where Newtok residents are working to relocate, the makeshift school also doesn’t have power.
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An annual test of Alaska’s tsunami warning system is scheduled for Wednesday, March 27 at about 10:20 a.m. It will broadcast over radio and television stations around the state.