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Finding Hope in a New Home
Glennesha Carl reflects on returning to Newtok, Alaska — once home, now nearly abandoned due to erosion, permafrost thaw, and ...
Nearly 2 decades after Alaska school asked state to fund repair, its building is about to collapse
Over the past 25 years, state officials have largely ignored hundreds of requests by rural school districts to fix the ...
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State lawmakers seek answers after report finds squalid conditions at rural public schools
KYUK and ProPublica launched a project highlighting the public health and safety crisis inside Alaska’s rural public schools this month, kicking off a discussion among lawmakers on the powerful Senate ...
Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored
Two inches of raw sewage. Black mold. A bat infestation. Reporter Emily Schwing shares what she uncovered as she investigated ...
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A rural Alaska school asked the state to fund a repair. Nearly two decades later, the building is about to collapse.
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KYUK Public Media and NPR’s Station Investigations Team, which supports local investigative journalism.
A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that ...
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Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.
But in Alaska, the state owns just under half of the 128 schools in its rural districts, a KYUK and ProPublica review of deeds and other documents found. These sparsely populated areas rely almost ...
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Alaska's rural schools need major infrastructure investment. KYUK has been investigating
For the last several months, KYUK’s Emily Schwing has been investigating why Alaska’s rural public schools are falling apart. This week we’ll hear some of the work she’s done in partnership with ...
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Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.
(Emily Schwing/KYUK) Local school districts are generally responsible for building and maintaining public schools in the United States and largely pay for those projects with property taxes.
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Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit
(Photo illustration by Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica. Photos by Emily Schwing/KYUK, Michael Grabell/ProPublica) Nearly two dozen children in the tiny village of Sleetmute, Alaska, arrive for school each ...