Mountain Village News

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.

Some villages on the lower Yukon River are being affected by new spring flooding.

There is a saying in the freight shipping business, "if you can ship ice cream you can ship anything." Alaska businessman Don Harman set out to find a way to do just that.

Sgt. Sam Cliff, left, and Senior Airman Rich McMaster of the U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific's Alaska Brass play their trumpets during a performance at Ignatius Beans Sr.

Nancy Moya of Pueblo, Colo., attached to Operational Health Support Unit Bremerton Detachment P, checks Carole Alexie's heartbeat during a health physical in Mountain Village, Alaska, on March 11, 2009.

Food donations are heading to Alaska's rural villages that have been troubled by poor fishing seasons and high oil and gasoline prices.

HUNGER: Population is healthy, and families are having trouble buying food. Published: January 28th, 2009 09:05 PM Last Modified: January 28th, 2009 09:05 PM State and federal wildlife managers are giving ...

Top state officials heard calls for help from village leaders in Western Alaska Friday as stories of hardship in a single Yukon River village expanded into a search for ways to get immediate help to the ...

Published: January 15th, 2009 01:31 PM Last Modified: January 15th, 2009 01:42 PM The head of the Jesuit order for the Northwest today denied the allegation in a new lawsuit that Alaska became a magnet or ...