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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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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.
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The local school district has sought money from the state for over a decade without success. Now the school in Sleetmute is at risk of structural failure.
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Heavy snow berms from plowing the ice highway have led to cracking and overflow in some areas, though the road remains safe from the tundra villages to Aniak.
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Fifty-year-old John Hammonds was found guilty of sexually assaulting two victims, including at his home in Akiachak in 2021.
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Alaska Wildlife Troopers say that they found the three men after discovering a video of the take during an unrelated investigation.
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Family members and advocates for Kathleen Henry and Veronica Abouchuk attended every day of Brian Smith's horrific trial in their deaths.