In Skagway, local officials used CARES Act funds to keep year-round residents from leaving in 2020. But that money has run out, leaving questions about how a town like Skagway another season without tourists.
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Fairbanks leaders plead for answers after string of unsolved missing persons cases
Fairbanks residents, Alaska Native leaders and families of the missing gathered over the weekend for a vigil to increase awareness about an unusually high number of local missing persons, including several Native people. The outdoor vigil offered families of the missing an opportunity to share their stories, thank those who are aiding the ongoing search…
No easy answers after fire destroys Tuluksak’s water supply
In the short term, the community wants to connect its well to the school. But the well pulls up water from the Tuluksak River, which isn’t safe to drink.
Fairbanks woman remembered for moving hundreds of dogs from shelter to sleds
Kleckner and other local mushers started the Second Chance League, a nonprofit focused on finding homes for sled dogs turned in at the shelter.
Drilling at Mendenhall Glacier part of improvement plan
Contractors are drilling at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area to collect soil samples to find out what the soil and groundwater conditions are like.
Sun sets on Bethel’s Video World
One of the last remaining video stores in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta closed up shop on Jan. 10 after holding on for a remarkably long time.