The Alaska Air National Guard rescued the pilot of a crashed Cessna airplane near Lime Village on April 7.
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Savoonga woman to join White House council on environmental justice
Viola Waghiyi of Savoonga is one of the 26 members chosen for a new White House advisory council on environmental justice.
Mertarvik to get airport by 2022
For over a year, residents in Mertarvik have survived without a commercial airport. That has meant spotty access to groceries and dangerous delays accessing medical care.
Kids can’t get vaccinated yet, but Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp is getting ready by registering children age 12-15
YKHC hopes to vaccinate every child aged 12 to 15 in the region once Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is approved for that age group.
Management of Kuskokwim king salmon uncertain after Dunleavy order
State and federal fishery managers are waiting on more information to determine which government entity will have the authority to manage king salmon on the lower Kuskokwim River this summer.
More than a year into the pandemic, St. Paul Island has its first case of COVID-19
St. Paul has implemented a two-week hunker-down order after officials confirmed the island’s first case of COVID-19 Wednesday.