Community needed for Nome campsite cleanup
JT Sherman with Sitnasuak Native Corporation called on listeners for help cleaning up Nome campsites.
Federal officials visit Nome and region, prioritizing recovery efforts over next ‘three to five weeks’
Representative Mary Peltola said, “it’s really incumbent upon all of us to do what we can on our end to make it as painless on residents as we can.”
Unalakleet’s boil water notice extended as work on main water line continues
The City of Unalakleet now has a working generator to power its local water plant, but the community plans to be on a boil water notice for an extended period of time.
Generational subsistence camps relocated, damaged, and lost in major storm
Countless numbers of Western Alaskans have lost subsistence resources, food, and even camps that ties them to the land. While various agencies are still assessing the scope of damage from the storm, residents are processing what this loss means to them and their families.
Norton Sound expects more storms
While recovery efforts continue in Western Alaska from a historic September storm, the next weather event is expected to arrive today, Sept. 21, and tomorrow. But forecasters say this fall storm will be more typical and not nearly as alarming.
‘Stebbins is resilient,’ Eastern Norton Sound communities recovering from storm damage
Several communities in the Norton Sound are struggling with contaminated drinking water days after the significant September storm hit the region.