Buildings submerged in Napakiak, Alaska. Three storms in the space of a week, coupled with severe erosion, left the village vulnerable to flooding. Job Hale/AP Buildings submerged in Napakiak, Alaska.

An aerial view of Napakiak, a Yup’ik village on a small island in Western Alaska that is threatened by the encroaching Kuskokwim River.

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 ...

The Kuskokwim River has been eating away at Napakiak for decades; the community is accustomed to moving homes back when the water gets too close. But the school is too big to move, and the river ...

Investigators from the Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Bureau of Investigation and the state Division of Fire and Life Safety were in Napakiak on Monday, Peters said.

The Napakiak School fuel storage facility sits 76 feet from the riverbank erosion point along the Kuskokwim River in Napakiak, Aug. 16, 2019. (Photo courtesy Coast Guard) BETHEL - Clear weather ...

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 ...

The Biden administration gave $75 million in aid to the three communities in Alaska and Washington. Eight other Tribal communities received an additional $40 million.

NAPAKIAK, Alaska — On the first day of school in August, Principal Sally Benedict gathered her 22 high school students to explain why they had moved from their K-12 school into a detached ...

The village of Napakiak, Alaska, flooded after heavy rains and erosion over the weekend. Several people became stuck in their homes as the river water encroached on the area home to 350 people ...