Krysti Shallenberger

Last year at this time there was only one hole nine miles from Bethel. This year there are four open holes close to the community.

Each year, the Alaska National Guard flies to small, remote Alaska communities off the road system bringing presents, ice cream, and Santa. It’s a tradition that dates back to 1956.

No night flights or medevacs have been able to land on the Native Village of Kwinhagak's runway for the past two months, and it doesn’t look like they will be able to any time soon.

Sled dogs, community, and teaching the next generation. These themes come together in a new documentary about legendary sprint musher George Attla from the village of Huslia.

The Rural Alaska Anti-Violence Enforcement Working Group was created after U.S. Attorney General William Barr released millions of dollars in federal funding earlier this year.

A recent report compiled by the Army Corps of Engineers and researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks documents erosion and other environmental threats facing communities in rural Alaska.

The Orutsararmiut Native Council is calling the federal planning process for how 13 million acres of public land is managed in the region “woefully inadequate.” BLM says that they are taking more steps to reach out.

Another resolution against the proposed Donlin mine has passed. This time, at the National Congress of American Indians annual conference in New Mexico last month. This is the first time a national organization has supported tribes’ opposition of the mine.

Alaska State Troopers are investigating the incident.

The project⁠ — called Tengluni, or "Take Wing" ⁠— aims to increase high school graduation rates and prepare students for life after high school by using Yup’ik values and curriculum.