For many Yup'ik speakers, mental health terms don't always translate easily. A new glossary is helping bridge that gap with language rooted in culture and understanding.

Alaska extends disaster declaration for west coast storms, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

As a woman in Alaska, I've heard horror stories & been given warnings to watch out for roofying in the most surprising - what I thought were safe - settings. While cases + culprits are difficult to track officials say it does not reflect the seriousness of the crime alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/10/o...

Officials and advocates say date rape drugging is difficult to confirm, but an ongoing issue in Alaska, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/10/o...

Sen. Murkowski: "When you are telling the states that have said this is a significant enough issue in our state, we’re going to find resources, backfill or front load, whatever term you want, to help our people, those states should not be penalized.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Around 80% of the psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. that have violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in the past 15 years are owned by for-profit corporations. Only a few have faced any repercussions from regulators. By @emcahan.bsky.social

Kodiak-born carver Jerry Laktonen was named the Rasmuson Foundation’s Distinguished Artist for 2025, reflecting decades of work featuring traditional Alutiiq methods. www.adn.com/arts/2025/11...

Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons. State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

In case you're wondering, it's November 9 and there's no sea ice to be seen from Utqiaġvik, northernmost community in Alaska. Sunday at 1125am AKST, 18F (-7.8C) with northeast winds 18kt (21mph). Webcam image courtesy UAF and NSRC. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown, writes Jacob Fischler for @statesnewsroom.com. alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/07/r...

Alaska Supreme Court bans disgraced federal judge from practicing law in the state, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

NEW: Advocates are continuing to call for more information on why Alaska parole grant rates have dropped so dramatically in recent years. The Parole Board offered little explanation at their annual meeting Weds, and declined to answer any questions from the Beacon. alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/07/a...

Alaska parole rates are among the lowest in the nation. Advocates want to know why, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/07/a...

Alaska’s public schools serve as emergency shelters. Those buildings are also in crisis, writes KYUK's Emily Schwing. alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/07/a...

If you are dealing with a lapse in SNAP benefits in Alaska: The Food Bank of Alaska has a list of food resources - for Anchorage & Mat-Su here's a list of hot meals and food pantry hours: foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Websit...

The number of Alaska fishers and seafood workers hit a record low this year, according to a state report, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/numbe...

Anchorage and Seattle-Tacoma airports are among 40 across the U.S. that will see flights cut starting Friday due to the government shutdown.

The number of debt collection cases in Alaska state courts is soaring, following national trends, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/05/t...

Incredible Arctic heat in October. Highest average temperature on record for land and seas north of 60ºN. In Canada, Yukon Territory and Nunavut second warmest, Northwest Territories third warmest. Alaska and Svalbard fourth warmest. Data courtesy ERA5. #akwx #Arctic #Canada #Climate

Anchorage emergency shelters close as evacuees of ex-Typhoon Halong move to hotels and other housing, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/ancho...

A group of faculty unions at the University of Alaska are petitioning the UA Board of Regents not to sign on to President Donald Trump’s “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.”

Alaska declares disaster over federal food aid failure, diverts $10 million for temporary help, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/03/a...

Alaska typhoon victims’ losses of traditional foods go beyond dollar values, writes @yjrosen.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/03/a...

Typhoon displaced students and teachers from Western Alaska continue school across the state, reports @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/29/t...

From KNBA: "Our comfort foods are subsistence foods, foods that we catch and foods that we get off the land," Nelson said. "When we're hurting, or displaced, or in stress, I don't want to go eat chicken. I want to go eat moose. I want to go eat salmon." alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...

Grapevine reports of suspected roofying, or date rape drugging, at the bars in Juneau this weekend, please be aware this Halloween. Sadly, this predatory behavior is nothing new in Alaska. I wrote about it in 2023 - watch out, and call out the creeps if you see them. www.kbbi.org/local-news/2...

New online art directory seeks to promote, connect Alaska Native artists across the state, reports Yereth Rosen for the @alaskabeacon.com

"These are soul foods": During a potluck at St. Innocent Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Anchorage, traditional foods such as beluga whale, muktuk and akutaq were shared with Alaskans displaced by ex-Typhoon Halong. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

my tribe is using our bus system to gather food donations for those impacted by snap benefits reductions and federal layoffs on november 1st, buses will be parked in-front of every grocery store in sitka to be filled by food donations from the community

The Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund organized by the Alaska Community Foundation has also distributed $575k to frontline organizations so far, and raised over $2.5 million to date.

"To me, this demolition suggests that the current White House does not think that the first lady does anything of value,” Sibley said. “I’m not talking about [Melania Trump] particularly, but the office itself — they’re not cognizant of the history.” 19thnews.org/2025/10/east...

Commentary - "A whole new concrete jungle’: A typhoon evacuee lands in urban Alaska, writes Jeron Joseph of Kwigillingok for Norther Journal and KYUK Public Media, via @alaskabeacon.com

"The value of NANA's ICE contracts this year is approaching $300 million, an increase of about $100 million over last year." alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

It was a big day for some of Alaska's biggest development projects, but they're still a ways from actually starting construction.

NEW: President Trump granted Alaska’s request for a federal disaster declaration today, unlocking federal disaster aid to support the ongoing relief and recovery effort after ex-Typhoon Halong. Trump also said he's authorizing $25 million in immediate relief aid. alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/22/t...

It looks like the photos didn’t quite come through… let’s try that again.

Track and intensity of Typhoon/ex-typhoon Halong in early October. The storm passed over ocean water significantly warmer than normal for virtually its entire track, from southeast of Japan to landfall on the northeast Bering Sea coast. #akwx #weather #Climate #Alaska @climatologist49.bsky.social

Stumbled across this 1981 Kwigillingok Video by Newark Museum & National Endowment for the Humanities grant this morning Narrated by Elsie Jimmy.Yup'ik consultants: Willie Atti, Albert Beaver, Sr., Owen Beaver, Henry Evon, & Elsie Jimmy. Poignant in the wake of Halong youtu.be/SXIBVfiCetA?...

As evacuations in the aftermath of the Western Alaska storms wind down, organizations are looking toward finding families longer-term housing so they can move out of mass shelters.

Incredibly moving first-hand account of surviving ex-Typhoon Halong by Jeron Joseph of Kwigillingok. www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...

Murkowski says she is trying to restore some resilience funding for Alaska villages, reports Yereth Rosen for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/20/m...

Alaska Federation of Natives convention highlights typhoon response and Indigenous cultures, reports Yereth Rosen for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alask...

A moment from the No Kings protest yesterday - Tom Begich, former state senator and now Democratic candidate for governor of Alaska, sings to the crowd gathered in downtown Anchorage

Cordova! This is just before the car parade.

We cause some good trouble in Skagway today❤️🤍💙

Around 45 people stood up in the small town of Healy, Alaska. 💙✌️

Ketchikan Alaska #nokings #savedemocracy

NO KINGS SEWARD ALASKA

I love Alaska & how we protest in all kinds of weather! I’m in Seward this weekend w/ my son & niece. A small town in a majority-R voting district where ~ 200 people showed up to waive 🇺🇸 flags & anti-fascist signs & where cars honked in support. #NoKings #AlaskaAntifa