Bethel community leaders are searching for creative ways to solve a housing shortage, and long-term plans are in the works. But short-term needs are real in the Western Alaska regional hub.
Starting next month, new construction in Alaska can qualify for a coveted sixth star of energy efficiency. Make the grade and Alaska Housing Finance Corp. may pay you $10,000.Jerzy Shedlock
While representatives at BOEM say seismic testing in Alaska's Arctic Ocean is a relatively small threat to marine life, some are not sure those effects are well enough understood or documented.Hannah Heimbuch
Alaska Airlines wants to keep flying to Adak. The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a request for a proposal for Essential Air Service funding, and the airline has made an offer.Jim Paulin
Alaska Airlines flights between Anchorage and Nome and Anchorage and Kotzebue will go from three daily flights to two starting Aug. 25.Carey Restino | Arctic Sounder
Maude Blair, formerly with NANA Development Corp., is the new vice president of the Alaska Federation of Natives, one of the most powerful voices in the Alaska Native community.Carey Restino | Bristol Bay Times
Alaska’s drug and alcohol law enforcement officials had a busy weekend; they thwarted two unrelated attempts at getting Rich & Rare Canadian Whiskey to the small village of Togiak.Jerzy Shedlock
A new director of customs in Skagway, Alaska, is creating confusion for Yukon, Canada, boat owners with new registration and reporting rules that don’t seem to be written anywhere.CBC News
Shingo Takazawa might not have perfect English, but he probably knows more about whaling than most Americans. For 20 years, the Japanese citizen has been coming to Point Hope to photograph whale hunts.Carey Restino | Arctic Sounder
The only farmer between Anchorage, 500 miles to the east, and Russia, about the same distance to the northwest, Tim Meyers wonders why he is so alone in trying to build an agriculture business in rural Alaska.Craig Medred
