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.

The coastal village of Hooper Bay, located in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, has spent over $43,000 to purchase hundreds of generators for its tribal members. Village leaders say it’s an investment to prepare for emergencies and preserve vital subsistence foods when the power goes out.

The change to the University of Alaska program follows President Trump’s directives aimed at getting rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

When Typhoon Merbok inundated the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in 2022, communities launched into emergency management, and later, the months of recovery that followed. This week, leaders from 13 impacted communities are gathered in Bethel to reflect on the typhoon and build disaster and recovery preparedness.

Kwethluk musher Solomon Olick was the 15th finisher of the Bogus Creek 150 sled dog race and the recipient of the Red Lantern Award.

The wide-open sky and super-flat tundra expanses of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta might not immediately seem connected to elite skiing, but training on the Kuskokwim River led one Bethel man to a podium finish in a unique world championship event.

After three long days of jury selection in Unalaska, court officials will return to Anchorage to restart their search and begin the trial for a young man involved in a fatal 2019 car crash. Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews told the court Friday afternoon that after questioning around 100 people this week, they could not find enough local impartial jurors.

Officials with the U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) told state and federal officials last month that they would be interested in expanding military access on Adak Island. The announcement was made during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Feb. 13, after Sen. Dan Sullivan pressed federal officials to strengthen military presence in Alaska.

The road would give King Cove residents access to potentially life-saving medical care, but it could threaten key subsistence species and create a dangerous precedent.

The U.S. Coast Guard removed a crewmember from a Norwegian cargo vessel roughly 240 nautical miles southwest of Unalaska Wednesday.A rescue coordination center in Norway contacted the Coast Guard around 7 p.m. Tuesday, requesting a medical evacuation of a sick crewmember on board the Fermita.