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FEMA Awards $6.7 Million for Native Village of Newtok Relocation Efforts

By FEMA Region 10 on Mar 21, 2024 Featured, General News, Rural, Southwest Alaska

BOTHELL, Wash. – FEMA has awarded $6,768,114.23 for the Native Village of Newtok in Alaska as part of their efforts to relocate their entire village to a new site. This grant will allow the village to acquire 36 homes and provide families with the funds to move to a safer location. Newtok, located on the […]

Village Move Intensifying in Summer 2019

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jul 3, 2019 Featured, General News, North Slope/Northwest Alaska

The relocation of an Alaska village is happening fast this summer, after many years of planning and work. Observers say Newtok’s transition to Mertarvik is flying along because it has to — the Ninglick River bank is crumbling less than 10 yards from a Newtok home. “There’s no more time,” said Aaron Cooke, an […]