Grant to buy, demolish homes an incremental step toward Newtok relocation

The money will help address several homes most at threatened by river erosion.

By Yereth Rosen March 21, 2018
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Residents of Newtok, a Yup’ik village perched precariously on eroding permafrost, got a small step closer to their goal of relocation when the federal government awarded a grant to purchase and demolish seven homes.

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