Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests from public schools that primarily serve Indigenous children.

This week, KYUK will release the first part of an investigation with ProPublica that looks at infrastructure issues in rural Alaska schools.

For the Lower Kuskokwim River communities keeping mushing strong in the region, the Doubles Race is a family affair.

In Juneau and Washington D.C., legislators try to keep federal chaos at bay, one phone call and story at a time.

High school students in Bethel say Alaska Native heritage is integral to their accelerated science and engineering education, and are protesting the University of Alaska's recent decision to rename ANSEP.

For 56 communities across the region reliant on federal funds to support critical infrastructure and essential services, cuts at any level could have severe consequences.

In 2021, students in the sixth-grade class designed ornaments to represent the state of Alaska. This year, they are on display again.

A new state championship banner will be hung in the Unalaska High School gym, and it will be the first time a girls sports team is featured on the gym wall as a state champion. The Unalaska Raiders girls volleyball team defeated the Susitna Valley Rams three matches to zero on Saturday, claiming their victory as the 2A Alaska State champions. They returned to Unalaska Monday, parading across the island in a procession of fire trucks, an ambulance and a local police squad car, showing off their trophy.

For decades, King Cove’s roughly 800 residents have called for a road they say could save lives in emergencies. Neither city has a hospital, so residents rely on medical evacuations to reach Anchorage for urgent medical care. The Biden administration last week endorsed the proposal, recommending a land exchange with King Cove’s Native corporation so the road can be built. But that road would go through a federally protected wilderness area. While residents argue it’s a matter of life and death, environmental advocates say the road could threaten vital wildlife habitat — and set a dangerous precedent.

The Associated Press announced Wednesday that Trump, a Republican, has taken Alaska and its three electoral votes. The majority of Unalaskans voted in his favor. He received about 55% of the vote Tuesday. Some questioned ballots still need to be accounted for, but not enough to turn the island’s presidential choice blue.