The first lady’s visit occurred just hours after her husband, President Joe Biden, made a refueling stop in Anchorage aboard Air Force One. Both Bidens stopped in Alaska on their way to the G-7 economic summit in Japan.
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Rural Alaska could lose out on funding for water and waste infrastructure
In a letter to the state, the Bethel’s city government challenged the state’s method for evaluating which communities are eligible.
Y-K Delta women describe the realities of living with climate change for foreign dignitaries
“We have flooding everywhere, every year and, you know — we don’t have sanitation, we don’t have plumbing, we don’t have running water,” Carolyn George said to a crowd of hundreds.
Bethel veterans weigh in on cost of living, health care and suicide rates during VA secretary visit
Veterans said that they were concerned about the lack of benefits and internet access, Alaska’s high cost of living, and their concerns about the U.S. being dragged into a war between Russia and Ukraine.
Listen: Two high school students build a pair of igloos
It’s a study in engineering, architecture and history.
Tuluksak educators plead for help after a week without running water
Administrators in Tuluksak say that they are on the verge of closing the village’s school.