The Alaska Federation of Natives on Saturday called on the state and federal governments to declare an energy emergency in rural Alaska, and to cap the price of heating oil and gasoline in villages across the state.
Bush tries energy alternatives
In Ruby, villagers anchored a turbine in the Yukon River last summer and generated electricity for their community.
Fuel costs top the list of AFN village worries
In the Norton Sound village of Koyuk, it takes gas to catch fish and hunt for seals and birds. Melvin Otton, a carpenter and village council president, estimates that fuel costs have doubled in the past year, meaning two or three hunters sometimes pool their money for a single trip.
Visionaries look to the past for rural Alaska's future
Many entrepreneurs are reaching into Alaska's more self-reliant past -- back when oil wasn't cheap and ubiquitous -- to help rural Alaska survive its deepening energy crisis.
Counting students a cruel test of reality
School officials across the state are in crunch time. For the 20 school days ending Friday, the number of kids enrolled will ultimately determine their piece of the state’s $1.1 billion in education funds.
Early freeze-up on the Kuskokwim River has left the village of Kwethluk without diesel fuel needed for the winter after two runs by fuel barges failed this week to get through thickening river slush to the community.
Alaska Guard's homecoming has its own problems
Alaska Army National Guard troops returning home to rural communities after yearlong deployments to war zones face huge obstacles trying to receive standard veterans health care, according to a report by Veterans for America.
Bush costs prompt exodus to cities
With growing evidence of a Native exodus from villages to cities, Mayor Begich and schools Superintendent Comeau on Monday asked Gov. Palin to organize a task force to find ways to stem the migration.
Disaster relief available for summer storm damage
Federal disaster relief will be available to areas of Alaska hard hit by storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides in late July and early August, the government announced Friday.
Popularity overwhelms energy rebate program
With a fresh infusion of $60 million into the state's Home Energy Rebate Program, thousands of homeowners are clamoring to receive rebate checks worth as much as $10,000.
Procedure hinders progress in Point Hope caribou case
If anyone is charged in connection with the mass caribou killing on the tundra near Point Hope this summer, they will have a home-court advantage in a village where elders dispute the crimes ever took place.
US court upholds Chistochina subsistence priority
In the latest case to refine where federal subsistence hunting can take place in Alaska, an appeals court has upheld a federal decision granting a subsistence priority for moose in the Tok region to residents of the village of Chistochina.
Galena Air Force station handed over to educational center
The military held a ceremony on Tuesday to hand over the U.S. Air Force station at Galena so that it can be turned into an educational center.
Unalakleet man kills himself in police car
A Unalakleet man whose four-wheeler struck a 10-year-old girl while he was driving drunk shot and killed himself minutes later while handcuffed in the back of a city police car, according to the Alaska State Troopers.
Iditarod musher asks judge to consider evidence about park boundary
Jeff King wants new evidence considered in his trial on charges he poached a moose inside Denali National Park and Preserve.
Whalers campaign for mayor, future of Arctic
House by weather-beaten house, it's almost possible to count votes by driving the gravel streets and tallying up the political signs in this town on the edge of the Arctic Ocean.
Arctic Alaska may host first playoff game
Alaska's first Arctic football team is undefeated, and nothing short of a late-season meltdown will stop the Barrow Whalers from hosting a top-of-the-world playoff game -- not finger-numbing cold, not hungry polar bears, not high gas prices.
Bush postal workers charged in thefts
Seven postal officials from Bush communities across the state have been charged in federal court with pilfering tens of thousands of dollars in cash and checks from their employer.
Senate hearing in Bethel paints bleak economic picture
When U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski heard that the price of milk hit $11 a gallon in some areas of rural Alaska, and that energy costs in the Bush are forcing families deeper into poverty, she pleaded with villagers not to move into the cities.
6-year-old boy dies in accidental shooting
A 6-year-old boy was shot and killed by a 7-year-old in the Western Alaska village of Akiak on Sunday evening, Alaska State Troopers reported.
School burns down after game goes awry
Adolescents playing hide and seek in an old elementary school burned the place down after failing to put out a makeshift torch Sunday night, according to Alaska State Troopers.
VIDEO
Steve Montgomery talks about the Single Action Shooting Society during a November event.
SECTION
A conviction in federal court and a loss in a U.S. Senate race has brought an end to his illustrious political career.
VIDEO
Triple D Farm and Hatchery owner Anthony Schmidt talks about the turkeys he's raising for Thanksgiving.
STORY
Charlie Vandergaw is under investigation for spending his summers cohabitating with wild bears.
PALIN RETURNS
So many questions, so many strategic choices, so many complications that didn't exist a few short months ago.
Here's how the U.S. Senate race broke down Tuesday in each of the state's 40 legislative districts.
VIDEO
Female inmates at Hiland Correctional Center participate in workshops to help prepare them for success outside of jail.
In rural Alaska, lifestyles change as prices soar
House funds $1,200 'resource rebate'
Point Hope seeks to handle punishment for caribou waste
Natives urge state to ease energy crisis
Former Noorvik VPO charged with bootlegging
Bethel's Yup'ik voters to get more assistance
3 Alaska students part of medical school's first class
Rural Energy Conference date set
Seafood plant goes up in flames
Villagers can't kick soda pop habit
Energy devours incomes in Bush
State cuts rent for Bush airports as business nosedives
Promoter of Native culture dies at 65
Cordova tries to satisfy electric needs
Pilot pleads guilty in bootlegging case
190 wildfires burn 2,526 acres
Variety of factors raises rural Alaska fuel prices
Rural Alaska electric utilities stricken by fuel prices
Seismic testing in Arctic waters target of lawsuit
State to inventory potential energy sources
Tribal court policy shift stirs debate (10/30/04)
First Alaskans to discuss energy
Troopers investigate death of man killed with shotgun
Snowmachiners missing in storm rescued by troopers
Troopers think shots were fired by drunk
Grants would aid erosion control
Metlakatla's mayor to contest removal
Weather delays fuel spill cleanup
Fort Yukon coach faces abuse charge
Troopers say man stole pistol from them
Several charged in cocaine sting
Aurora pulls visitors farther north
Natives protest Indian country fight
Last native Eyak speaker dead at 89
Snopac buys Dillingham salmon processing plant
Former Kipnuk postmaster faces charges for assaulting workers
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