This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica.Later this spring, Alaska’s Bristol Bay will blossom into one of the largest annual salmon fisheries in the world.The regional population of about 6,700 will triple with the arrival of fishermen, crews and seasonal workers on jets but also private planes and small boats, many traveling from out of state.And yet the heart of the health care system in southwestern Alaska, where the Spanish flu once decimated entire communities, is a 16-bed hospital in Dillingham operated by the Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. Only four beds are currently...…This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica.Later this spring, Alaska’s Bristol Bay will blossom into one of the largest annual salmon fisheries in the world.The regional population of about 6,700 will triple with the arrival of fishermen, crews and seasonal workers on jets but also private planes and small boats, many traveling from out of state.And yet the heart of the health care system in southwestern Alaska, where the Spanish flu once decimated entire communities, is a 16-bed hospital in Dillingham operated by the Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. Only four beds are currently...WW…

• • •This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica as part of the .A week ago, one of Alaska’s most powerful executives from his job leading the largest tribal health organization in the state. Neither the outgoing president nor the group said why.Earlier that day, his former assistant had delivered a scathing three-page letter to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium that described a pattern of abusive behavior, harassment and coerced sexual encounters by president Andy Teuber, according to the document, obtained by the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica.The...…• • •This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica as part of the .A week ago, one of Alaska’s most powerful executives from his job leading the largest tribal health organization in the state. Neither the outgoing president nor the group said why.Earlier that day, his former assistant had delivered a scathing three-page letter to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium that described a pattern of abusive behavior, harassment and coerced sexual encounters by president Andy Teuber, according to the document, obtained by the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica.The...WW…

This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica as part of the .Acting Alaska Attorney General Ed Sniffen’s was announced Friday as the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica were preparing an article about allegations of sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girl three decades ago.Nikki Dougherty White, now 47, recently contacted the news organizations with a detailed account of how she and Sniffen began a sexual relationship in 1991 while she was a student at West Anchorage High School. At the time, he was a 27-year-old attorney with a local law firm and a coach of her school’s mock...…This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica as part of the .Acting Alaska Attorney General Ed Sniffen’s was announced Friday as the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica were preparing an article about allegations of sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girl three decades ago.Nikki Dougherty White, now 47, recently contacted the news organizations with a detailed account of how she and Sniffen began a sexual relationship in 1991 while she was a student at West Anchorage High School. At the time, he was a 27-year-old attorney with a local law firm and a coach of her school’s mock...WW…

Molly Blakeley watched in shock on Friday morning, she said, as the local news anchor she’d just met for an interview dialed Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz and launched into an obscenity-filled tirade.In 58 seconds, Maureen “Maria” Athens accused the mayor of pedophilia, promised to win an Emmy for “exposing” him and threatened to kill him and his wife.“You have met your match, motherf--ker,” Athens said.She ended the call. Moments later the phone rang. He was calling back.Athens put him on speakerphone.“He just kept saying, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about’ to her,” said Blakeley....…Molly Blakeley watched in shock on Friday morning, she said, as the local news anchor she’d just met for an interview dialed Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz and launched into an obscenity-filled tirade.In 58 seconds, Maureen “Maria” Athens accused the mayor of pedophilia, promised to win an Emmy for “exposing” him and threatened to kill him and his wife.“You have met your match, motherf--ker,” Athens said.She ended the call. Moments later the phone rang. He was calling back.Athens put him on speakerphone.“He just kept saying, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about’ to her,” said Blakeley....WW…

A day after disclosing a “” with a local television anchor, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigned Tuesday, effective at the end of next week.The announcement was made during . Berkowitz was not in attendance.Berkowitz, who is married, announced his resignation in a statement read by his chief of staff, Jason Bockenstedt:“It is with profound sadness and humility that I resign as Mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage. My resignation results from unacceptable personal conduct that has compromised my ability to perform my duties with the focus and trust that is required. I know my conduct...…A day after disclosing a “” with a local television anchor, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigned Tuesday, effective at the end of next week.The announcement was made during . Berkowitz was not in attendance.Berkowitz, who is married, announced his resignation in a statement read by his chief of staff, Jason Bockenstedt:“It is with profound sadness and humility that I resign as Mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage. My resignation results from unacceptable personal conduct that has compromised my ability to perform my duties with the focus and trust that is required. I know my conduct...WW…

This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica as part of the . As the elevator rose, Jody Potts wondered the possibilities. It was late on a Sunday afternoon, Oct. 14, 2018, in downtown Anchorage. Potts was in town on business and had skipped her evening run to attend this hastily arranged meeting with the governor of Alaska, Bill Walker, and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott. As a former village public safety officer sergeant and an in Alaska villages, Potts said she knew they might want her help with the election, which was weeks away. She’d had a hard year, by troopers with damaging a...…This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica as part of the . As the elevator rose, Jody Potts wondered the possibilities. It was late on a Sunday afternoon, Oct. 14, 2018, in downtown Anchorage. Potts was in town on business and had skipped her evening run to attend this hastily arranged meeting with the governor of Alaska, Bill Walker, and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott. As a former village public safety officer sergeant and an in Alaska villages, Potts said she knew they might want her help with the election, which was weeks away. She’d had a hard year, by troopers with damaging a...WW…