The school in Napakiak sits a mere 78 feet from the rapidly eroding shoreline of the Kuskokwim River. July 23, 2021 in Napakiak, Alaska. (Katie Basile/KYUK) In the Napakiak school, the classrooms ...

Buildings submerged in Napakiak, Alaska. The village sits just 50 feet from the banks of the Kuskokwim River. Job Hale/AP. The erosion is partially driven by climate change, as warming ...

In 2003, the banks of the Kuskokwim River were about 800 feet from the school building in Napakiak, Alaska. By this summer, the river was only about 100 feet away. September 2003.

NAPAKIAK, AK - August 11: Michelle Black practices writing her name on her first day of kindergarten. (Photo by Katie Basile for The Washington Post) This story originally appeared in the ...

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development put the school in the southwest Alaska village of Napakiak at the top of its priority list for replacement for the upcoming fiscal year ...

NAPAKIAK, Alaska (AP) — A school employee wearing a traditional pink Alaska Native smock called a kuspuk breezed through the hubbub in the cafeteria adorned with murals of purely Alaska scenes, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the third storm in a week Tuesday, days after a minister had to use a front loader ...

The Napakiak jail burned Sunday, April 28, 2019, killing two prisoners and injuring one jail guard. (Photo by Travis Shinabarger) A day after a young man and woman in Napakiak died locked in their ...

NAPAKIAK, Alaska (AP) — A main street has been blocked in an Alaska community after storms further damaged a riverbank that has been ravaged by erosion, a report said. About 8 feet (2.4 meters ...

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The small indigenous Yup'ik village of Napakiak has been reeling from a series of powerful storms that have brought catastrophic flooding to the Alaskan community over the past week. Residents ...

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — A school that is in danger of being lost to erosion because of climate change is at the top of the state’s list for the construction of a new school building.