Porter was a fierce advocate for the people of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta as owner and editor of The Tundra Drums newspaper
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Chevak hardware store and corporation headquarters destroyed by fire
As of the afternoon of Jan. 29, the electricity was out to one section of the community, and residents who live in about a dozen homes were evacuated to the local school.
Between flights to Tuluksak, Operation Santa Claus turned into a rescue mission
“We had Santa on the second flight,” the lead pilot said. “He was with the medics.”
Alaska’s rural animal shelters are struggling to keep up: ‘Everywhere has no room’
Animal shelters around the state have seen a recent uptick of stray and surrendered animals.
Hooper Bay families displaced by Merbok could lose housing this month
Rental housing in Hooper Bay is severely limited.
A year after Typhoon Merbok, some coastal Alaskans struggle to find beloved subsistence foods
A massive storm in 2022 brought flood waters to this part of Alaska, and the tundra was inundated with salt water for days.
FEMA under civil rights investigation after sending ‘unintelligible’ Merbok relief info to Alaska Native communities
Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wants to find out “whether there are systemic problems” with the way FEMA works with Indigenous communities in Alaska.
The Donlin Mine project in Southwest Alaska is facing legal challenges over water impacts
The project, located about 145 miles northeast of Bethel, would be one of the biggest open-pit gold mines in the world.
After last year’s harsh winter, a herd of wood bison introduced to Alaska is smaller than it’s ever been
The latest population survey shows the herd dropped from about 150 to 72 animals over the last year.
Can this robot print a whole house? Nome is going to find out
Researchers estimated that the shell of a concrete home would cost about one-fourth what a traditional one would.