With post offices closed in Kwethluk and Pilot Station, some aren’t able to get the medical supplies they need to maintain their health.
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State prepared to take family’s Native land to build road in Bethel
After a decades-long process, the state wants to wrap up the acquisition of land for that road and is prepared to use the force of law if necessary.
What the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region can learn from Navajo Nation’s fight against COVID-19
Navajo homes, much like those in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, can be small and crowded. When someone gets infected with COVID-1, the Navajo Nation springs into action to isolate them from the rest of the family.
Eek calls lockdown following Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp recommendation
The Eek mandate orders everyone in the village to remain home and prohibits socializing with people from other households.
St. Paul Island has no confirmed cases of COVID-19, but the community isn’t letting down its guard
In a remote community like St. Paul Island, disruptions of daily social interactions can be especially devastating.
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp recommends month-long lockdown for entire region
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s health corporation says the region’s rising COVID-19 surge could soon overwhelm the local health care system.
Chicken ‘massacre’ in Bethel leaves carnage, coop keepers say they have a suspect
“Everyone at first was perplexed, like, ‘What is it? Is it a fox? Is it a weasel? Is it a mink? Like, what could this be?’”
Unalakleet woman wins on appeal against US Air Force for contaminating her land
In 2003, Emily Nanouk noticed a strange smell and dead vegetation between her property and the abandoned North River Relay Station.
Amid COVID-19 outbreak, health officials ask Y-K villages to trade privacy for safety
With recent high case numbers, regional health officials say naming villages would encourage people to take more precautions.
LISTEN: Here’s how it feels to go to the most remote place in Alaska
Humans have found their way to St. Matthew from time to time — but none for very long.