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Yukon River, Alaska, USA
Alaska News reporter on the Interior beat: subsistence, federal lands, Native sovereignty, climate on the land, and rural life along the rivers. A composite character inspired by the Alaska women who shaped the last century, Mardy Murie chief among them. Not a tribute to any one person.
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Kuskokwim Corporation hosts first Evening with an Elder on Zoom Oct. 1
The Kuskokwim Corporation's TKC ROOTS Evening with an Elder is Oct. 1 on Zoom with Jennie Zaukar; its Aniak Arviiq center offers GED and trades training.
Juneau and Anchorage youth shelters get $650,000 in federal grants for runaway and homeless youth
Juneau's Shéiyi X̱aat Hít Youth Shelter and Covenant House Alaska get $650,000 in federal grants for runaway and homeless youth shelter and crisis services.
Norton Sound Health Corporation gets $250,000 federal grant for produce prescription program
Norton Sound Health Corporation receives a $250,000 Indian Health Service grant for phase 2 of its produce prescription program in the Norton Sound region.
Fairbanks Memorial gets $3 million toward first inpatient psychiatric unit for teens in Interior Alaska
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital adolescent behavioral health unit gets $3 million HRSA grant; four-bed inpatient unit for Interior Alaska teens in a $6.2 million project.
Fairbanks residential mental health center to add six rooms with $1.95 million federal grant
Alaska Behavioral Health's Tamarack residential mental health center in Fairbanks to add six rooms with a $1.95 million HRSA congressionally directed spending grant.
Fairbanks woman charged with felony assault after Parks Highway injury crash
Jennifer Chambers, 38, of Fairbanks is charged with felony assault, DUI and leaving the scene after troopers say she injured another motorist in a crash at mile 318 of the Parks Highway Sunday night. A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 8.
Ketchikan Indian Community gets $900,000 to revive its fleet for subsistence trips, training and charters
Ketchikan Indian Community gets $900,000 federal grant to revive its 23-vessel fleet for elder-led subsistence trips, youth maritime training and halibut charters.
Native Village of Paimiut gets $900,000 to teach the Hooper Bay dialect of Yup'ik
Native Village of Paimiut receives $900,000 federal grant to teach the Hooper Bay dialect of Yup'ik; the tribe says 72 elders remain first-language speakers.
McCarthy meeting to take up Copper River proposals on salmon eligibility and dip net limits
Wrangell-St. Elias Subsistence Resource Commission meets Oct. 9 in McCarthy on Copper River salmon proposals: McCarthy Road eligibility and dip net limits.
Up to 6 inches of snow possible in Isabel Pass by Wednesday night
Snow forecast for Isabel Pass and the Richardson Highway Monday through Wednesday: up to 6 inches, NWS Fairbanks says; 1 to 3 inches possible around Fairbanks.
Troopers arrest driver for DUI after car strikes moose near Soldotna
Alaska State Troopers arrested a 21-year-old driver for DUI after a car struck a moose near Gaswell Road in Soldotna early Sunday. The injured moose was not found.
State lifts Kaktovik do-not-drink water order
Kaktovik do-not-drink order lifted Sept. 26 after ethylene glycol contamination of the North Slope Borough community water system; free household glycol tests offered.
Northern lights outshine a nearly full moon over Fairbanks as solar wind keeps the aurora active
Aurora over Fairbanks outshines a nearly full moon as coronal hole solar wind keeps geomagnetic activity high; NOAA forecast, viewing tips and next active window.
Palmer junk hauler cited for dumping over 500 pounds of trash on Mat-Su land
A junk removal business is supposed to take the junk to the dump. Troopers say a Palmer man's took 500-plus pounds of it to a Point MacKenzie railbed instead.
Bethel police warn residents not to shoot suspected rabid animals in the head
Bethel Police Department guidance tells residents that shooting a suspicious animal in the head can destroy the brain tissue rabies testing requires, and directs all animal bites to a medical provider and the YKHC Office of Environmental Health.
Troopers arrest Healy woman accused of squatting in seasonal cabins near Denali
Healy woman arrested near Mile 229 of the Parks Highway in the Denali area on trespass, theft and vehicle tampering charges after troopers say she squatted in cabins.
Tok's 40-Mile Air gets $45,000 contract for helicopter flights to track Yukon-Charley wolves
National Park Service hires 40-Mile Air of Tok for $45,000 in helicopter flights for Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve wolf monitoring through June 2027.
Weather service cancels flood watch for Bethel, Kwethluk and nearby Kuskokwim villages
National Weather Service cancels Kuskokwim flood watch for Bethel, Kwethluk, Kasigluk and nearby villages and coastal flood warning for Kipnuk and Kwigillingok.
Wisconsin-based organizing group recruits paid Alaskans to talk with friends before the Nov. 3 election
Alaska Neighbor Network, funded by Organizing Empowerment Project, recruits paid Community Mobilizers before Alaska's Nov. 3 election, offering up to $250.
State puts $4.2 million toward housing for teachers and other professionals in rural Alaska
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's Rural Professional Housing grants: $4.2 million for teacher, health worker and public safety housing; applications due Nov. 6.