Education is increasingly reliant on the internet. In rural Alaska, who provides internet service to schools is a million-dollar question.
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Judge finds feds failed to consider full impact of Donlin Gold in environmental analysis
Judge Sharon Gleason found that regulators did violate the law in some aspects of their analysis, but denied some plaintiffs’ claims.
4 people killed in St. Mary’s plane crash
Four people are dead after a plane they were traveling in from Bethel crashed short of the runway in St. Mary’s late Sunday night, according to transportation officials. The Cessna 207 was operated by Bethel-based Yute Commuter Service. The pilot and three passengers departed Bethel for the roughly 100-mile journey to the lower Yukon River…
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta residents brace for fall storms after early floods and erosion
Last week’s fierce storms aren’t unprecedented, but longtime residents say they aren’t all that normal either.
Bering Sea storm brings erosion and flooding to Western Alaska communities
Some residents report that the flooding is worse than Typhoon Merbok, and that it rivals this year’s historic breakup floods on the Kuskokwim.
All the news that’s fit to reprint: AI and plagiarism drive revamped Tundra Drums website
The motives for resurrecting a storied Bethel newspaper’s website to hoover up a wide range of Alaska content remain unclear.