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.

In the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, where evergreen trees can be sparse, the region has its own ways of ringing in the holiday season.

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.