Tribal leaders were making their way back home from the Valley Friday and Saturday after a week of talking environmental policy.

You might think that making Athabascan split willow root trays and baskets would be in Daisy Demientieff's blood.

At least six schools in Interior-based school districts are in danger of closing next year because of low enrollment, according to superintendents at the Iditarod and Yukon Flats districts.

Recently I had the privilege to visit several villages on the lower Yukon River.

Yukon River fishermen who rely on catching king salmon are again protesting that Bering Sea pollock fishermen are intercepting too many.

Water had invaded the village of Akiak just a week ago forcing evacuations. The ice jam that was parked near the village has since moved on.

Do the homeless defecate in the woods? Admittedly, this is not a pleasant question to ponder.

Threats of flooding have fallen along the bulk of the Yukon River, as spring weather and time have softened the prospect of more ice jams blocking the waterway.

Submitted by Billy Hackett on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 05:24. State officials say about 30 Alaska communities have been impacted by flooding so far this spring, with the situation the worst on the Yukon River.