There has been an ice road of some sort on the Kuskokwim River since vehicles first arrived in the region. But Leary says the tribe saw a need to begin maintaining it about a decade ago to ...

BETHEL -- In good winters, the Kuskokwim River ice road offers this Western Alaska hub and nearby villages 200 or more miles of smooth travel, a frozen river route with an undercurrent of danger.

Village residents are once again creating the ice road along the Kuskokwim River after extending it more than 250 miles last year in an unprecedented feat that defied climate change. On their side ...

For the first time ever, the ice road on the frozen Kuskokwim River has been plowed to Sleetmute, a village north of Bethel. It's the longest ice road yet. According to Mark Leary, who helped lead ...

There has been an ice road of some sort on the Kuskokwim River since vehicles first arrived in the region. But Leary said the tribe saw a need to begin maintaining it about a decade ago to ...

After the December 2021 meltdown, the Kuskokwim River Ice Road has refrozen smooth and thick, and traffic on it is heavy. The ice road stretches from Napakiak up to Kalskag and it's at least 2 ...

There has been an ice road of some sort on the Kuskokwim River since vehicles first arrived in the region. But Leary said the tribe saw a need to begin maintaining it about a decade ago to ...

In Bethel, Alaska, record warm temperatures mean a frozen river that serves as an ice road is melting early ... month to stop driving on the frozen Kuskokwim River. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

The Kuskokwim River provides local Yup’ik ... would rely on a new 30-mile access road and a tripling of barge traffic on the river. The construction and operation of such a large industrial ...

Kuskokwim River, in southwest Alaska ... would rely on a new 30-mile access road and a tripling of barge traffic on the river. Fuel the future of independent rural reporting. We're dedicated to ...