The remnants of Typhoon Halong left a catastrophe in this Western Alaska village. The handful of people left there are determined — but face an immense challenge.
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Office of Children’s Services demographics show racial disparity between caseworkers, children in foster care
The agency is turning to training and partnering with tribes to address the gap.
More than 66,000 Alaskans will lose food stamps within weeks if government shutdown continues
Altogether across the country, more than 42 million Americans rely on the food stamp program, which the federal government funds and individual states administer.
Evacuations wind down as focus in Western Alaska shifts to recovery and relief
Hundreds have been evacuated in military helicopters and planes to Bethel and Anchorage. Now, state officials are assessing what it’ll take to rebuild villages hit hard by the storm.
Gov. Dunleavy requests Trump declare federal disaster for Western Alaska storm
The disaster declaration would unlock federal resources to respond to the Lower Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon regions in Western Alaska, in addition to the Northwest Arctic Borough.
Dunleavy appointment to Alaska judicial board will stand, judge rules after two lawsuits
A fair courts group and a Juneau man had challenged the governor’s decision to put a suspended attorney in a public seat on the board that nominates people to fill judicial vacancies.