The Napakiak school sits 78 feet from the water — about the same amount of riverbank that erodes each year.
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Southwest Alaska village develops ‘first of its kind’ 50-year plan for community threatened by erosion, climate change
Over the next 50 years, addressing Napakiak’s environmental threats is estimated to cost over $200 million.
Lower Kuskokwim hunters report abundance of ptarmigan this winter
Hunters along the lower Kuskokwim River have been reporting an abundance of ptarmigan this year after a relative dearth of the birds in years prior.
Health officials recommend lockdowns in 19 villages, all Yukon-Kuskokwim schools close
Four communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta currently have community spread of the coronavirus and 31 communities have had at least one COVID-19 case.
Federal funds add 24 public safety officer positions to Y-K Delta
The Justice Department committed millions of dollars to improve public safety in rural Alaska after a trip U.S. Attorney General William Barr made to the region in May 2019.
Santa Claus is coming to town — in a Black Hawk helicopter
“Operation Santa” is a tradition that dates back to 1956. Each year, the National Guard flies to small, remote Alaskan communities off the road system, bringing presents, ice cream and Santa.
A new report sheds more light on how climate change is impacting Alaska Native villages
A recent report compiled by the Army Corps of Engineers and researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks documents erosion and other environmental threats facing communities in rural Alaska.
School district meets deadline to move fuel away from eroding Kuskokwim riverbank
The Coast Guard had given the Lower Kuskokwim School District two weeks to move the fuel away from the riverbank when the erosion reached 76 feet from the nearest fuel tank.
Coast Guard gives school district until Aug. 30 to remove fuel from tanks threatened by Kuskokwim River erosion
The Lower Kuskokwim School District’s tanks hold about 36,000 gallons of fuel and are sitting less than 100 feet from the eroding Kuskokwim River bank.
With fall storm season looming, a struggle to keep one village school’s fuel tanks from falling into the Kuskokwim River
The Lower Kuskokwim School District is developing a plan to avert environmental disaster