The new site already has six houses. Plans include two intersecting airport runways, plots for houses, a wind farm, a water plant, a small boat harbor and a community garden; facilities that Newtok residents do not currently have.
Southwest
Bethel lawyers file class action lawsuit against GCI
The plaintiffs are seeking to get their money back on grounds of fraud and misrepresentation and breach of contract.
Update: Troopers release names of the 3 killed in Iliamna plane crash
The surviving passengers are reported to be injured, but details on their conditions has not been released.
Over $18,000 raised for daughters of pilot who died in Knik Arm crash
More than $18,000 has been raised for the daughters of Seth Fairbanks, the pilot from Bethel who died after a plane crash in early August.
State promises more Yup’ik and Gwich’in voter assistance in settlement
“The choices that were made in the settlement open the door for Alaska Native access to the polls in a way that we have not seen before,” said attorney Natalie Landreth with the Native American Rights Fund.
New Southeast, Southwest transportation chief named
A longtime Department of Transportation manager will soon be in charge of the agency’s Southeast and Southwest Alaska operations.