As part of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network, KYUK Senior Reporter Emily Schwing spent the last year crawling through attics, basements, gear closets and classrooms in rural public schools across the state.

She found chemical leaks, standing raw sewage, extensive black mold, exposed electrical wiring and malfunctioning fire alarms. All things that pose serious public health and safety risks to students, teachers and staff face everyday.

This 3 part series contained in the link below starts out talking about Sleetmute

https://www.kyuk.org/public-safety/2025-03-04/rural-schools-in-alaska-