As the outage nears the six-week mark and power infrastructure across the region undergoes repairs in the wake of ex-typhoon Halong, the lower Kuskokwim River community hopes a solution is around the corner.

"Our tribal citizens will have to decide between fuel and food,” AFN President Ben Mallott told a U.S. Senate panel.

Kelly Loeffler, head of the Small Business Administration, said the agency is modifying its rules to allow loans for damages to personal property at subsistence camps.

Stephanie Agathluk, 49, has been charged with second-degree murder for the death of Michael Andrews Jr., 54, in Emmonak in April. Another man faces multiple felony charges for allegedly helping Agathluk to cover up the death.

Many of the Western Alaskan residents displaced by Typhoon Halong also lost their subsistence harvests.

Storm-impacted communities on the Kuskokwim Delta coast and upriver will have additional opportunity to harvest moose, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

According to a recent story from the Northern Journal, an estimate from 2020 put the cost of protecting infrastructure in Alaska's threatened communities at $4.3 billion over the next half-century.

Pitney began working for the university in 1991 and served in several positions at the statewide office and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Challenges and setbacks have plagued the case for years, including COVID-19 restrictions, postponements due to Ruckman’s original defense attorney undergoing cancer treatment and an earlier judge overseeing the case recusing himself.

After spotting six wolves on a trail near her home, one Anchorage resident says she's seen the pack multiple times since late August.