The school in Newtok closed and classes started in August for the first time in a temporary location in Mertarvik. A new school building should be ready in 2026.

NEWTOK, Alaska — A jumble of shipping containers hold all that remains of the demolished public school in Newtok, Alaska, where on a recent visit, a few stray dogs and a lone ermine prowled ...

People who have relocated to a new town across the river report that the infrastructure there is already failing.

Ayaprun School. 112 Village Rd, Newtok, AK 99559. Nearby Schools. Mertarvik School. 112 Village Rd, Mertarvik, AK 99559 (9 miles) Negtemiut Elitnaurviat School. 113 Village Rd, Nightmute, AK 99690 ...

Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that ...

In the next few weeks, the last 71 residents of Newtok, Alaska, will load their possessions onto boats to move to Mertarvik, rejoining 230 residents who began moving away in 2019.

NEWTOK, Alaska — A jumble of shipping containers hold all that remains of the demolished public school in Newtok, Alaska, where on a recent visit, a few stray dogs and a lone ermine prowled ...

The school in Newtok closed and classes started in August for the first time in a temporary location in Mertarvik. A new school building should be ready in 2026.