Emily Schwing

Alaska, Washington

Journalist w/ bylines @KYUKNews @WashingtonPost @nytimes @highcountrynews @TheWorld @Reveal @NPR. Likes: dogs, skis. Dislikes: hot WX, spiders. Go bag packed

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Although everyone has moved, Newtok’s relocation is far from over

2 weeks ago | kyuk.org | Emily Schwing

The village that people know as Newtok is basically a ghost town today. What’s left of the public school has been packed into more than two dozen shipping containers. It will get shipped south later this year. No one lives in any of the houses that remain in Newtok. The only thing still operating there is the diesel generator that keeps the local cell phone tower powered. Newtok had to move because the permafrost under the community was deteriorating.
Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.

4 weeks ago | propublica.org | Emily Schwing |Tony Schick |Monica Samayoa |Mollie Simon

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KYUK. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. This story is not subject to our Creative Commons license. 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 among the ruins.
Forced to relocate by climate change, Alaskan villagers found a new crisis

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Emily Schwing |Ash Adams

Forced to relocate by climate change, Alaskan villagers found a new crisis (washingtonpost.com) Forced to relocate by climate change, Alaskan villagers found a new crisis By Emily Schwing; Ash Adams 2025052910000500 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 among the ruins.
State lawmakers seek answers after report finds squalid conditions at rural public schools

Mar 18, 2025 | ktoo.org | Emily Schwing

For decades, dozens of rural school districts have been asking the state for money to fix a range of serious health and safety problems. Only a small percentage of that money has come through. Southeast Island School District Superintendent Rod Morrison got a chance to be heard. He was in Juneau to testify before the powerful Alaska Senate Finance Committee when he lifted a large lightbulb from a plastic shopping bag and showed it to committee members.
State lawmakers seek answers after report finds squalid conditions at rural public schools

Mar 17, 2025 | alaskapublic.org | Emily Schwing

For decades, dozens of rural school districts have been asking the state for money to fix a range of serious health and safety problems. Only a small percentage of that money has come through. Southeast Island School District Superintendent Rod Morrison got a chance to be heard. He was in Juneau to testify before the powerful Alaska Senate Finance Committee when he lifted a large lightbulb from a plastic shopping bag and showed it to committee members.
After report finds squalid conditions inside rural public schools, Senate Finance Committee questions state funding process for maintenance, construction

Mar 16, 2025 | kyuk.org | Emily Schwing

For decades, dozens of rural school districts have been asking the state for money to fix a range of serious health and safety problems. Only a small percentage of that money has come through. Southeast Island School District Superintendent Rod Morrison got a chance to be heard. He was in Juneau to testify before the powerful Alaska Senate Finance Committee when he lifted a large lightbulb from a plastic shopping bag and showed it to committee members.
She’s on a Scholarship at a Tribal College in Wisconsin. The Trump Administration Suspended the USDA Grant That Funded It.

Mar 10, 2025 | propublica.org | Matt Krupnick |Ellis Simani |Lexi Churchill |Emily Schwing

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Alexandria Ehlert has pursued a college education hoping to become a park ranger or climate scientist. Now she’s wondering whether she’ll ever finish her studies at College of Menominee Nation.
A rural Alaska school asked the state to fund a repair. Nearly two decades later, the building is about to collapse.

Mar 8, 2025 | adn.com | Emily Schwing

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KYUK Public Media and NPR’s Station Investigations Team, which supports local investigative journalism. Nearly two dozen children in the tiny village of Sleetmute, Alaska, arrive for school each morning to a small brown building that is on the verge of collapse. Every year for the past 19 years, the local school district has asked the state for money to help repair a leaky roof.
Rural Alaskan schools are crumbling as the state fails to provide funding to fix them

Mar 6, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Emily Schwing

Rural schools in Alaska are plagued with health and safety issues. The state has failed for nearly two decades to provide the funding needed to fix them, despite repeated requests. Source link
Valere Public Schools Superintendent Makes Up to $870,000. His District Serves 1,000 Students.

Mar 6, 2025 | propublica.org | Ellis Simani |Lexi Churchill |Emily Schwing |Jennifer Smith Richards

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Articles

Although everyone has moved, Newtok’s relocation is far from over

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.

Forced to relocate by climate change, Alaskan villagers found a new crisis

State lawmakers seek answers after report finds squalid conditions at rural public schools

State lawmakers seek answers after report finds squalid conditions at rural public schools

After report finds squalid conditions inside rural public schools, Senate Finance Committee questions state funding process for maintenance, construction

She’s on a Scholarship at a Tribal College in Wisconsin. The Trump Administration Suspended the USDA Grant That Funded It.

A rural Alaska school asked the state to fund a repair. Nearly two decades later, the building is about to collapse.

Rural Alaskan schools are crumbling as the state fails to provide funding to fix them

Valere Public Schools Superintendent Makes Up to $870,000. His District Serves 1,000 Students.

Journalists covering the same region

Ned Rozell

Sage Smiley

Zaz Hollander

Evan Erickson

Meg Duff

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