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Ice is rotting and water is starting to flow in communities along the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers. McGrath’s ice tripod fell at 1:55 p.m. on May 1.
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The state says the notorious “Polk Road” will not reopen until summer repairs are completed.
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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.
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A man from the lower Yukon River village of Nunam Iqua has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, negligent homicide, and assault following the death of a woman he told Alaska State Troopers fell from his snowmachine.
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Warm weather has made meltwater of heavy snowfall on the Kuskokwim River Ice Road, creating a “river on top of a river.”
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Alaskans reported online fraud at the second highest rate per capita in the nation last year, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation complaints.
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With no lights, students in Newtok and Mertarvik have had a much longer spring break than planned.
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The sentence follows a November jury trial and multiple convictions including first degree sexual assault.
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Bethel police requested assistance locating a woman who was reported missing on March 18. Police say she was found, unharmed, the next day.
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An Oscarville man has been charged with two counts of felony assault and several misdemeanors after Alaska State Troopers said he shot a woman in his home on March 13.
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Even if it becomes law, a bipartisan school funding package isn’t enough to cover maintenance and upgrades rural public schools desperately need.