The storm could have threatened the town’s winter subsistence stock if not for the work of local power plant operators.
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Lower Kuskokwim students return to classrooms that served as weekend storm shelters
Although no school interiors flooded, there was significant erosion in some communities that brought the buildings much closer to the shoreline.
Alaska National Guard begins to mobilize in wake of Western Alaska storm
The damage from the storm ranges across a thousand miles of Western Alaska, from Kuskokwim Bay all the way up through the Bering Strait.
To center Yup’ik culture, a Southwest Alaska school district has adopted a subsistence calendar
“We don’t want our future generations to forget who we are,” one school board member said. “We want to educate them about our ancestors and how they survived in this harsh environment.”
Watch: With the salmon collapse on the Yukon River, families are losing a vital food source and way of life
Subsistence fishing for the two main salmon species, king and chum, has been closed for two summers due to record low runs.
Search for moose hunters missing near Bethel is a test of hope and endurance
Bethel Search and Rescue is still searching for a group of moose hunters missing for a week and a half near Bethel — and for another hunter missing for over a week near Kalskag.