Ben Townsend
Ben Townsend is the news director at our partner station KNOM in Nome. Reach him at ben.townsend@knom.org.
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“Things are literally shifting from beneath our feet, beneath our waters," said Andrea Burgess, head of Native Peoples Action. -
In total, 88 people made the short trip from Shaktoolik to Unalakleet – just over half of the community's residents. -
Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations. -
State emergency officials are deploying response teams and have requested help from the Alaska National Guard and State Defense Force. -
The weekend’s potential storm is reminiscent of 2022’s ex-typhoon Merbok, which caused millions of dollars in damage across western Alaska. -
The blaze last summer consumed the Bering Strait School District campus and left the school without classrooms, a gym or a cafeteria. -
Troopers said the body, discovered Friday just outside city limits, was dressed in winter gear and found in an advanced stage of decomposition. -
At Elim’s ANICA grocery store, a 10-pound bag of sugar already costs $29.65, over three times as much as the same bag in Anchorage. -
Quintillion President Mac McHale says the repaired fiber optic cable will be buried even deeper after January's break due to ice scouring, its second in two years. -
Klyuchevskoy erupted shortly after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake two weeks ago.
