Donations of drinking water flowed into Napaskiak on June 27, nearly a week after a maintenance issue brought operations at the water treatment plant to a halt.

A fire in the middle Kuskokwim community of Crooked Creek damaged three structures on Saturday, June 21 around 4 p.m., according to the Alaska Division of Fire and Forestry Protection. No injuries related to the fire have been reported.

The state’s biggest blaze is the Oskawalik Fire along the Kuskokwim River just south of Crooked Creek, estimated at 1,600 acres as of June 17.

According to a civil complaint filed in Bethel Superior Court on June 12, negligent actions by Anchorage-based Trygg Air placed passengers aboard a March 7 charter flight from Scammon Bay to Anchorage in imminent fear of death.

Funding cuts made by the Trump Administration mean the community of Mertarvik will go without new housing construction for the third consecutive summer.

This village’s climate relocation was supposed to be a “blueprint” for climate change response. Some experts say it’s a cautionary tale.

Some federally funded housing in the Bering Sea coastal community is moldy and does not meet minimum code requirements, according to a housing inspection report commissioned by KYUK.

They waited decades for safe, healthy housing, but for many who have made the move from Newtok to Mertarvik, that dream still hasn’t become reality.

Matthew Nicori, 59, was found guilty of one count of second-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree sexual assault following a weeklong jury trial in Bethel in which he represented himself.

The body of 65-year-old Albert Williams was located on Wednesday, May 28 on the east side of Nunivak Island around 20 miles from Mekoryuk, troopers say. The body of a second man who is missing, 72-year-old Samuel Shavings, has not been located.