Newtok feeling nervous about relocation timeline

Locals say the “Nignlick” riverbank has been eroding since the 70s. (Photo by Charles Enoch/KYUK)
Residents in the small coastal village of Newtok in Southwest Alaska have been preparing to move as erosion eats away at their village.  A dispute over who has tribal authority has slowed the process,but now that dispute has been decided by federal courts and a new set of tribal officials are getting the relocation effort underway again. With climate change accelerating the ero