Southwest

The program is facing problems with one major hiccup — no one has signed up yet. Now, several agency officials are working to raise awareness about the program.

Pebble got a sympathetic ear from the Republicans on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.

State officials have committed their support to Bethel following a fire at the Kilbuck campus that destroyed one school and damaged another along with a set of dorms.

Producers and consumers in southwestern Alaska see one upside to climate change. It’s now possible to farm in parts of the tundra where agriculture was unheard of just a few years ago.

Excavators have torn through the building, ripping the structure in two, to isolate the fire to one wing of the school and save the library housing Yup’ik artifacts from incinerating.

Their Facebook page, “Can I Borrow,” has nearly 5,000 likes. They started it almost a year ago and made it home to videos celebrating traditions and customs, with the goal of “healing through laughter.”