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The April 3 deadline applies to individual assistance through FEMA, the state, and for federal Small Business Administration loans.
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Troopers say that 23-year old Andrew Tall turned himself in to a village police officer in the community on Feb. 18. Tall has been charged with five counts of felony assault, one count of kidnapping, and one count of misdemeanor assault for alleged crimes a week earlier involving six people, including a minor.
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The 2019 champ announced his decision to compete on Feb 16. It’ll be his 15th time running the long-distance race from Willow to Nome.
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A delegation of lawmakers made an impromptu visit to the school on Feb. 6, calling the conditions and deteriorating facilities "deplorable."
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Boys and girls teams from Eek, Kongiganak, Tuntutuliak, Quinhagak, Kwigillingok, and Kipnuk competed in the 1A Midcoast League basketball tournament.
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Jonathan Owens, 42, has been charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 15 shooting death of 54-year-old Tuluksak resident Nelson Hawk at a fish camp near the community.
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In 2025, Williams Jr. won the race for the first time in two decades. This year, the Akiak musher and his team have hit their stride, coming off a third-place finish in the Kuskokwim 300 and multiple sprint race victories.
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Pavila and his 10 dogs made the run up to the race’s sole checkpoint in 5 hours and 57 minutes. They arrived at Bogus Creek at 10:57 p.m., 2 minutes ahead of Michael Larson of Kwethluk, who arrived at Bogus Creek at 10:59 p.m.
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who co-led the oversight hearing, said it helps both the U.S. government and Indigenous communities in Alaska and across the country.
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With the deadline for public comment approaching, hundreds of Alaskans are weighing in on a U.S. Department of Interior review of federal subsistence management.
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Subsistence communities in Western Alaska ask for strict limits on the Bering Sea trawl fishery.
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On Feb. 9, the Alaska Senate voted 19-0 to extend a state of disaster until early March, retroactively extending a disaster declaration that expired Feb. 6.
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Bethel Democratic Sen. Lyman Hoffman recently visited his hometown, where he says he plans to spend some quality time after doing what he can to help fund the state's ailing budget in his final legislative session.
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When Kwigillingok was hit by the remnants of Typhoon Halong, almost everyone was evacuated by helicopter and plane. Now, life is returning to the village as the question of a full relocation remains.
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Seal finger is not uncommon in Alaska and circumpolar regions, but this is only the second time this potentially more serious strain of the infection has been identified in the state.
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A new report highlights weather extremes and warmer overall temperatures – two signs of climate change.
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Federal agents arrested Craig Scott Valdez, 36, early Friday in Juneau, according to court documents.
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The reasons for doing so – as well as the lessons and pieces of gear – are many. But how does someone actually convince themselves to get back in the saddle day after day?
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