Native village expanding temporary Birchwood casino as legal questions remain unanswered

The Native Village of Eklutna is expanding a temporary casino in Birchwood, where it hopes to also sell alcohol, amid ...
WUFT

Houses floated away in this Alaska Native village. Now residents want to move

KWIGILLINGOK, Alaska — When the remnants of Typhoon Halong arrived in the low-lying village of Kwigillingok, on Alaska's southwestern coast, late in the night on Oct. 11, Noah Andrew Sr. says the ...
KUCB

Nelson Lagoon faces water crisis after storm damages pipeline

Nelson Lagoon is about to run out of water. The Alaska Native village of 40 people on the Alaska Peninsula expects its supply ...
PBS

‘A Place to Escape To’: Why Some Alaska Native Villages Are Facing Relocation

When remnants of Typhoon Merbok hit the Alaska Native village of Hooper Bay in 2022, the impact was immediate and — for this roughly 1,400-person town on the edge of the Bering Sea — disastrous. “It ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Houses floated away in this Alaska Native village. Now residents want to move

Kwigillingok, Alaska, has long grappled with erosion and flooding. Residents want to move to higher ground, further inland, especially after the... Houses floated away in this Alaska Native village.