Gov. Mike Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration in response to the fire, which has grown to an estimated 71,000 acres over the last week and a half.
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Vulnerable residents flown out of St. Mary’s as major tundra fire closes in
Yute Commuter Services sent all of its planes to St. Mary’s to evacuate residents, and about 60 people arrived in Bethel on Thursday night.
A large tundra fire is burning 12 miles away from St. Mary’s
The fire is now estimated at 30,000 acres and is just 12 miles from the village.
Tununak residents share what it’s like to live in rural Alaska without internet
A fire also damaged Tunanak’s internet infrastructure, causing outages for half of the village.
St. Paul toddler laid to rest with his mother after long fight to bring him home
The child, Joshua John Rukovishnikoff, was buried on top of his mother’s grave during a memorial service Saturday.
Dolena Fox is one of the world’s first female Yup’ik commercial pilots
Only about 6% of professional American pilots are women.
Federal government sues state over Kuskokwim salmon fishing rules
The conflict over subsistence has been brewing for a few decades.
City of Nome pays $750K settlement and apologizes to woman after police mishandled her 2017 rape case
The city of Nome has settled a lawsuit with a former police dispatcher after officers mishandled her sexual assault report, her attorneys announced today.
Bethel man saves daughter from fast-moving house fire
“It moved so fast. To me it looked like it was alive,” Polk said about the fire. “I was totally awestruck.”
A new study gives many Alaska communities their first look at how fast erosion is approaching
It’s the most comprehensive erosion assessment ever done in the state, and for many communities, it’s their first ever erosion forecast based on scientific data.