Byron Nicholai’s Yup’ik songs have been popular in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta ever since he started uploading his performances to his Facebook page. Now they’re available on a variety of common online music sites.
Southwest
Kuskokwim village could serve as model for community development in rural Alaska
Funding for a well in Oscarville is part of a larger vision for rural Alaska and could pave the way for additional infrastructure.
Southwest school districts team up to cut costs
One superintendent says seeking efficiencies like this is recognition of a grim financial reality for Alaska schools — things aren’t going to get better anytime soon.
Crew melts 100 feet of ice to reach Bethel schools’ well
The ice blocking an essential well for Bethel schools has finally cracked. Officials discovered the frozen well in September and spent almost a month thawing the impasse.
GCI to pay more than $600K for cell tower violations
An investigation by the FCC found that GCI had 118 unregistered cellular communications facilities didn’t properly light three of them, making the towers noncompliant with flight safety regulations.
Who do you call to fix failing earthquake monitors? Volcano scientists.
A backlog of deferred maintenance and a lack of funding, coupled with the extreme environment, have caused some of the seismic monitoring stations to quit working over the past several years.