On St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, the remote village of Savoonga has long struggled with limited jobs and food security. A new reindeer processing facility could help by creating employment ...

Davenport Police Officer Peme Canas believes in the power of caring and community. Even if the community is 3,403 miles from Davenport in a place called Savoonga, Alaska — a city of roughly 700 on ...

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) visited the community of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Sept. 22, 2022. While in Savoonga, members of the crew were given a tour of the ...

SAVOONGA — No one can quite believe this and yet they saw it coming. Around St. Lawrence Island in the middle of the Bering Sea, a place closer to Russia than the U.S. mainland, the sea ice arrived ...

In this undated photo, provided by the Tanana Chiefs Conference, shows a team from the tribal health organization posing outside a plane before leaving for a rural vaccination clinic in Anaktuvuk Pass ...

NOME, Alaska — Last Christmas, residents of the Yupik Eskimo village of Savoonga added a special dish to their everyday fare of whale, walrus, reindeer and berries -- fresh pizza flown in from Nome, ...

DAVENPORT, IowaDAVENPORT, Iowa — A six-member police force on an island in the Bering Sea soon will be equipped with stun guns, vests and other police equipment, thanks to the efforts of a fellow ...

Melting ice has made it harder to hunt walrus, a traditional staple for Alaska Natives. Warmer temps mean caribou aren't where hunters used to... There was a time when Sandra Gologergen's freezer ...