Rural blog

The Village is a Daily News blog about life and politics in rural Alaska. Its main author is ADN reporter Kyle Hopkins. Come here for breaking news on village issues, plus interviews, videos and photos. But that's just part of the story. We want to feature your pictures, videos and stories, too. Think of The Village as your bulletin board. E-mail us anything you’d like to share with the rest of Alaska -- your letters to the editor, the photos of your latest hunt or video of your latest potlatch. (We love video.)


Kyle Hopkins

I was born in Sitka, have lived in Kake, Skagway and Fairbanks and joined the ADN in 2005 after writing for the Anchorage Press and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. I started blogging for the paper in 2006 with The Trail, our blog about the governor's race. Then came the Alaska Politics blog. Now I'm covering government and rural affairs and live in Anchorage with my wife, Rebecca. (Update: Our daughter Alice was born May 31. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.) E-mail me at khopkins@adn.com and find me on Twitter at twitter.com/ADNVillage.

 

READER-SUBMITTED PHOTOS

Life in Rural Alaska

Post your photos from the Bush and check out what others are sending in.

STORY

Fourth-grade whale hunter

A nine-year-old delivered the killing blow to a 32-foot bowhead whale in Barrow.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW

Relocating Newtok

Residents of the Yup'ik Eskimo village and military reservists on site discuss Newtock's relocation.

VIDEO

Coping with suicide

Willie Ballot, of Selawik, describes life after his daughter's suicide.

PHOTOS

Kotzebue in April

While Southcentral Alaska enjoyed warm and sunny April days, in Kotzebue snow and winter-weather maintained.

Foxes! - 2/5/2010 6:04 pm

Send-off party today for Olympian Callan Chythlook-Sifsof - 2/5/2010 1:33 pm

A runway on the ocean: Plane service returns to Diomede - 2/4/2010 7:27 pm

Game Board round-up: New rules for potlatch hunts, exotic pets - 2/3/2010 4:26 pm

Point Hope caribou case: Remaining hunters on trial - 2/3/2010 10:42 am

'Deadliest Catch' captain suffers stroke - 1/30/2010 3:58 pm

An obituary: Jerel Redfox - 1/24/2010 8:03 pm

Troopers: Bodies discovered after Sand Point plane crash - 1/24/2010 6:06 pm

Alaska Census jobs among the highest paid in U.S. - 1/24/2010 1:01 pm

Coast Guard: No plans to resume search for pilots today - 1/23/2010 1:32 pm

The Kotzebue diaries: Chickens, guns & grub - 1/22/2010 6:13 pm

"Breathe In" - 1/21/2010 2:49 pm

Opinion: What the Massachusetts race means for Alaska - 1/20/2010 3:18 pm

Advisory vote: Bethel voters say they don't want bars, liquor stores - 1/20/2010 9:52 am

John Baker, of Kotz, wins Kusko 300 - 1/17/2010 8:01 pm

Now on your phone: Juneau police - 1/17/2010 7:26 pm

Safety dance - 1/16/2010 10:16 pm

Feds declare fisheries disaster for Yukon kings - 1/15/2010 11:01 am

There's no such thing as fast-paced when it comes to subsistence politics - 1/14/2010 6:37 pm

'I Am Eskimo' - 1/13/2010 9:21 pm

Feds to study link between climate change, subsistence fishing patterns - 1/13/2010 5:46 pm

"Mmmmmmmmmmm ..." - 1/12/2010 7:23 pm

How much alcohol can you order per month in a 'damp' town?

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The monthly limit per person: Four boxes of wine. Five bottles of wine. Five cases of beer. Fourteen fifths of hard liquor.  $456.The monthly limit per person: Four boxes of wine. Five bottles of wine. Five cases of beer. Fourteen fifths of hard liquor. $456.


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