Friday marks the end of Alaska’s student count period, which determines how much funding public schools receive. To get full funding, schools need at least 10 students. But at the Yakov E. Netsvetov ...

Counting Atka mackerel became really important, according to National Marine Fisheries Service Biologist Suzanne McDermott, when Steller sea lions were declared endangered in 1997. “We learned that ...

Atka is a city in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, with a population of 35. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2.90% of residents identify as white, 0.00% as Black ...

Unangax Native kids from Atka, Alaska talk about their dances, history, and culture. A group of kids on Atka Island describe and perform an Unangax traditional dance. They explain how they their ...

Three men from Anchorage died after a van carrying employees from a fish processing plant crashed Tuesday in the tiny Aleutian village of Atka. Six survivors of the crash were flown overnight to ...

The United States Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck near Atka, Alaska on Monday. The quake hit at 5:03 PM local time at a depth of 9 kilometers. There was no ...

The United States Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck near Atka, Alaska on Thursday. The quake hit at 7:15 PM local time at a depth of 37 kilometers. There was no ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 6.8-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean prompted a brief tsunami warning early Friday morning for Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The warning was canceled after only a small ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Alaska early Friday morning, the USGS reported, leading to a brief tsunami warning for parts of the Aleutian Islands. The warning ...

DAN O’HEARN’S house in Atka, Alaska, faces east, out over the Bering Sea, the rising sun. “It’s a pleasant view,” says O’Hearn, who teaches middle school in Atka. “It’s a pleasant area. So quiet.” If ...

Three of the nine people injured in Tuesday's van crash on Atka have died, Alaska State Troopers say. None of the people involved in the crash were named in a trooper dispatch issued just after ...