The relocation highlights America’s failure to prepare for the ways climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places ...

[How a Kuskokwim-region activist from Baltimore helped Western Alaska villages claim a share of Bering Sea pollock riches] Since the CDQ program was launched three decades ago, all six of the ...

Coastal Villages is one of six western Alaska nonprofits forged by a series of federal actions — initially launched 32 years ago — that wrested control of some Bering Sea fishery allocations ...

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.

Sparck hoped profits earned from Bering Sea pollock could be used to sustain local fisheries in Western Alaska communities. Though this dream remains elusive in many villages, his efforts did help ...

In Nunapitchuk, for example, water damage during the 2020 floods rendered several homes uninhabitable, forcing some displaced ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Around 9 p.m. local time, AST received a call that a boat sank in rough water conditions. The 19-year-old swam to shore and ...

The filmmakers travelled to villages and towns near the Bering Sea and the Arctic Circle, to speak to residents and local leaders about the tough decisions they’re having to make and the ...

“As stewards of the Northern Bering Sea, our basic rules of taking only what's needed and giving nature a chance to replenish itself have been practiced for thousands of years,” said Ben Pungowiyi, ...

That includes scheduled service to both Nome and Unalakleet, which are about 150 miles apart in western Alaska, by the Bering Sea. As with numerous Alaska villages and cities, there are no ...