Norton Sound residents have reported salmon die-offs in unusually large numbers during the last week.
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A rat was found dead on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea. Here’s why that’s a big deal.
An intensive 10-month search for a stowaway rat that invaded the rat-free seabird paradise of St. Paul Island has come to a happy end for everyone. Except the rat.
For Quinhagak tribal officers, law enforcement training means feeling prepared for a job they were already doing
Quinhagak officers are on call 24/7, yet they’re only paid for 40 hours a week at $15 an hour. When asked how rural Alaska can increase law enforcement, each officer had the same answer: Pay us more.
Homes near Akiak’s eroding riverbank need to move. But some people choose to stay.
Akiak lost a mile-long stretch of riverbank to erosion in May. Six houses are now within 100 feet of the river and need to be moved — and soon. But some residents don’t want to move.
Fishing regulations on the Kuskokwim: Do they restrict Yup’ik culture, or preserve it?
Regulations on the Kuskokwim River are intended to keep fish populations sustainable for the future. But they can be frustrating for the Yup’ik people who’ve fished the river for generations.
In rural Alaska, school districts deal with a legacy of unaddressed contamination
Typically, when a contaminated site is discovered it’s up to the landowner — or the person responsible for making the mess — to clean it up. But there are dozens of sites where this process has broken down.
Questions surrounding Supreme Court decision mean no federal officers patrolling lower Kuskokwim River
A U.S. Supreme Court decision is impacting the enforcement of fishing regulations on the Kuskokwim River. For the first time in at least seven years, no federal wildlife officers are patrolling the lower Kuskokwim River during king salmon season.
Alaskans push for acceptance of walrus ivory, but there’s an elephant in the room
Federal law prohibits sales of African elephant ivory, but a handful of states have now banned the sale of ivory more broadly. That has repercussions for Alaska Native walrus ivory carvers.
For some Alaska villages, climate change means they may have to move
In Western Alaska, accelerating erosion is forcing villages like Quinhagak to consider moving.
AG Barr says ‘everything is on the table’ to solve Alaska’s public safety crisis
The U.S. Attorney General’s security detail outnumbered the number of village public safety officers in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta — a region roughly the size of Oregon.