The State of Alaska wants the United States Supreme Court to decide whether rural Alaskans – which includes many Alaska Native people – should maintain subsistence fishing preference in the waterways of federal lands.

A Mekoryuk man has been sentenced to more than 150 years in prison for sexual assault and sexual abuse. The state says it may be the longest sentence for those types of crimes handed down in the history of Alaska.

A new tech trial on the Salmon-Aniak River involves camera imaging and eventually, AI software.

Fish counters show 2025 returns have again failed to meet the lower target for king salmon returns after missing the goal in 2024 as well.

No injuries have been reported after schools in Kasigluk and the community of Quinhagak locked down in separate gun calls last week. Suspects in both cases have been charged with second-degree terroristic threatening.

James Hoelscher, a former VPSO from Hooper Bay and now director of the state's Village Public Safety Officer Operations Division, says his recent recognition by the Association of Village Council Presidents for public service is a reminder that the work growing the programs has just begun.

Bethel’s public safety department, which oversees the city’s police and fire departments, is under new leadership, effective immediately.

Residents of Alaska’s bush communities often have to go without some of their favorite foods and flavors found on the road system, but one community market in Aniak has been an exception to that.