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As residents boarded air transports out of Kipnuk, they left what remained of their houses, belongings, and ancestral homeland behind. For many, that list also included their dogs. Nonprofits and individuals have stepped in to reunite pets with displaced families.

Hundreds have been evacuated in military helicopters and planes to Bethel and Anchorage. Now, state officials are assessing what it’ll take to rebuild villages hit hard by the storm.

The disaster declaration would unlock federal resources to respond to the Lower Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon regions in Western Alaska, in addition to the Northwest Arctic Borough.

A family donated 8 mm film reels to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, which had them digitized and presented parts of the videos this week at Gold Town Theater.

That comes in sharp contrast to what’s happened nationwide, where summer border crossings dropped by 24%.

A fair courts group and a Juneau man had challenged the governor’s decision to put a suspended attorney in a public seat on the board that nominates people to fill judicial vacancies.

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance says she expects many people will stay through the winter.

On Wednesday and Thursday, hundreds of people from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok boarded military transport planes headed for Anchorage, leaving their homes, belongings and communities behind.

More than 96% of students graduated in four years at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé last school year.

Volunteers plan to offer free lunches twice per week until the government shutdown ends.

Indigenous organizations and local leaders were focusing on the destruction from the recent storm before the start of the convention.

As authorities end their large-scale search, volunteers and village public safety officers vow to keep looking for two Kwigillingok residents whose home floated away in the storm.

Nearly all the homes in both towns were damaged and a tribal administrator said it was unsafe to stay.

The shelter accepts anyone who comes in search of a place to sleep, as long as they aren’t disruptive to other patrons. It’s a stopgap solution and meant to be a last resort for people to go for the night when the weather gets cold.

The building on Heritage Way hosts a digital media lab with a podcast booth and video production software, an Indigenous science research lab and a makerspace with a digital woodcarving machine.

Many of the people who died this year were cruise tourists or visitors.

The state is evacuating the vulnerable and trying to find safe shelter for all. “We’re moving as fast as we can,” the incident commander said. “We know that folks are miserable.”

The pole – called a kooteeyaa in Lingít – was funded by the National Parks Service. It was raised near Juneau’s Overstreet Park, but organizers held the dedication inside due to weather. 

After a review of the evidence and an independent investigation conducted by the Alaska State Troopers’ Alaska Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Special Prosecutions determined “it would not criminally charge Officer LeBlanc for the incident.”

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have killed one person, left two missing, displaced hundreds and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.