Villagers offer support for a critical lifeline in rural Alaska days after plane crash kills 10
The cause of the crash is still under investigation. All nine passengers and the pilot were killed, making it one of the ...
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Major search launched as Bering Air plane goes missing in Alaska with 10 onboard
According to Alaska’s Department of Public Safety, nine passengers and a pilot were on board the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan on Bering Air Flight 445. The plane took off from Unalakleet ...
New York Post6d
Two Alaska plane crash victims ID’d as tribal health workers who ‘made lasting impact on rural communities’
Rhone Baumgartner and Kameron Hartvigson, both of whom worked in utilities operations for the Alaska Native Tribal ... and made a lasting impact on rural communities across our state,” ANTHC ...
Alaska Dispatch News7d
The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets
In a draft report released in January, a legislative task force noted the “large loss of permits held in rural and Alaska Native fishing communities.” And the new speaker of the state House ...
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Beaufort Sea ice cuts fiber-optic cable, limiting internet for about 20,000 residents of Northwest Alaska through summer
The line is a key piece of Northwest Alaska’s broadband infrastructure ... But since the last time this happened to Quintillion’s line, many rural residents, local governments and businesses ...
Metro7d
Bering Air plane which mysteriously vanished discovered in rural Alaska
The small aircraft was carrying nine passengers and a pilot when it lost contact as it flew through a dangerous winter storm in rural Alaska. The planes ruins were discovered on Friday near the ...
Alaska Public Media11d
Why is it so hard for Alaskans on Medicare to find health care providers?
She said it’s a common problem for Medicare recipients in rural areas around the country, but in Alaska, communities off the road system face an additional barrier. And there’s something else ...
syracuse.com7d
Plane carrying 10 people goes missing over Alaska
Airplanes are often the only option for travel of any distance in rural Alaska, particularly in winter. The Nome Volunteer Fire Department said in a statement on social media that ground crews ...
Alaska Public Media11d
3 foxes test positive for rabies in Hooper Bay
Three foxes in the Western Alaska community of Hooper Bay have tested positive for rabies. But the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, or YKHC, said that there is no known human exposure to the ...
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Feds crack open Alaska park to mining, fueling fears for beluga, brown bear
The National Park Service granted easements in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve to transport minerals. The Biden administration on Thursday approved a request to open tens of thousands of ...