The Mountain Village village police officer had already drifted off when Gov. Bill Walker called. “And I thought I was dreaming,” she told KYUK.
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Gubernatorial campaigns present their ideas on how to improve Alaska rural public safety
Public safety has been voted the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s top issue by delegates attending the Association of Village Council Presidents’ annual convention. After the convention adjourned last Thursday, Alaska’s three gubernatorial campaigns presented their solutions on the topic
Nome city manager placed on administrative leave after harassment claim
Nome city manager Tom Moran has been placed on administrative leave after a Nome citizen raised claims of harassing behavior during Monday night’s City Council meeting
The Donlin gold mine needs to move a mountain. How close is it to making that happen?
There isn’t much at the proposed mine site right now: just a long airstrip, with clusters of sturdy buildings in the middle of green mountains close to the Middle Kuskokwim River. But if completed, the Donlin gold mine would be one of the biggest in the world.
Western Alaska still has state’s highest rate of reported felony sex crimes
More than twice as many felony sex offenses are reported per capita in western Alaska than in the rest of the state, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
Y-K Delta residents speak out against Donlin in tense public hearing
One one person testified in favor of the Donlin Mine during the hearing — the CEO of The Kuskokwim Corporation, which owns the surface rights.