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Southcentral Foundation sends a doctor to Nelson Lagoon and a dentist to St. Paul
Southcentral Foundation is sending a doctor to Nelson Lagoon October 5-7 and a dentist to St. Paul Island through October 15 as part of rotating clinics serving 55 rural villages.
by Maggie AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
Ten rural Alaska communities can now vote in person on Election Day
Ten villages with no polling place can now vote in person on Election Day itself. In August, 75 ballots from the region arrived too late to count.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Flood watch covers Skagway, Haines and Klukwan through Sunday night
Skagway and Haines face heavy rain Saturday night into Sunday, landing on rivers already swollen by fast glacier melt. Flooding is possible.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Homer Spit seafood plant lease passes to Silver Bay at unchanged $69,877 rent
Homer City Council approved a lease transfer of the seafood processing plant on the Homer Spit to Silver Bay Seafoods-Valdez, LLC, keeping the annual rent at $69,877 through 2036.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Heating help is going up this winter for remote Aleut communities, after a proposed cut was reversed
Heating help is rising about 40 percent this winter for 10 Aleut communities, after their tribal organization won more state funding and reversed a cut.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
APIA cuts heating assistance 20% for 10 Aleutian and Pribilof communities
APIA is cutting heating assistance 20 percent for Alaska Native households in ten Aleutian and Pribilof communities in 2027 to stretch limited funding.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Chukchi Sea ice runs above median for third straight late June
Sea ice off Wainwright sits thick and late for the third straight June, delaying walrus and whale hunts in an Iñupiat community where ice sets the hunt's terms.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read
Nearly $350 million to replace one ferry — Alaska's lifeline to the Aleutians
Alaska's about to spend nearly $350 million to replace one ferry — the 60-year-old Tustumena. A genuine Aleutian lifeline, but the low bid went to a Louisiana yard.
by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read