Sunni Bean, KYUK - Bethel
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Last fall, Nunapitchuk was selected as a testing ground for a new approach to climate-driven village relocation.
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Settling homes across the Western Alaska village have suffered damage that makes them leak, leading to mold and long-term health issues.
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A fuel barge sent to the Western Alaska village got stuck in forming ice last week. Vitus Energy plans to supply the fuel later when an ice road forms.
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About 450 of Superior Court Judge Terrence Haas' cases will have to be reassigned, as he leaves the bench to lead the state Public Defender Agency.
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The Tundra Women's Coalition hosted its final event marking this year's Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a Thursday candlelight vigil in Bethel.
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says more than half of the funds are from Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding.
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John Wagner with Northstar Gas said that the last of the villages, Nunapitchuk, will probably receive its fuel by the weekend.
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A resolution headed to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention next month calls for a Native seat on the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
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This year alone they found five complete masks, new arrowheads, spoons, stick dolls, ivory earrings, ulus and more.
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Residents' electricity bills suddenly quadrupled this summer. The changes from state regulators should ease, but won't remove, the financial burden.