With days left in the legislative session, lawmakers have introduced a joint resolution urging “full state and federal ...

Things got intense for the Deadliest Catch crews as Typhoon Halong hit Japan and western Alaska on the Friday, May 15, ...

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 ...

Boats in Quinhagak washed into the trees by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. Individuals who have been impacted by Typhoon Halong may be eligible for unemployment benefits. The Alaska Department of ...

Authorities launched a gargantuan airlift in Western Alaska as the state’s National Guard use planes and helicopters to evacuate civilians from villages hit by Typhoon Halong’s remnants. Forced to ...

Families sit together in the evacuation flight from Bethel to Anchorage on Oct. 16, 2025 (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon) Alaska dealt with a range of public safety challenges and policy choices ...

Leaders of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok at the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing urged Alaska’s elected officials to ...

On October 15, 2025, the reality for over 2,000 residents of Western Alaska changed overnight. Evacuees—mostly Yup’ik families from the Alaska Native villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok—boarded jets ...

Joann Carl’s dog Rocky, a long-eared, short-legged mix the color of graham crackers, has become Alaska famous since I first met Carl in April. Over the past few months, she’s seen his photo all over ...

Four months after the remnants of a tropical typhoon wrecked communities in Western Alaska, hundreds of people who were displaced are considering abandoning their village altogether. Tribal members ...

Alaska dealt with a range of public safety challenges and policy choices in 2025, from extreme weather to immigration enforcement. The devastation left by Typhoon Halong in Western Alaska was historic ...