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Samantha Watson/KYUKAn ice jam below Aniak has inundated low-lying areas in the community and could cause further issues as the breakup front works its way towards Kalskag. But National Weather Service Hydrologist Johnse Ostman said he's optimistic about a lower river that is "thermally mushing out and degrading." -
Gabby Hiestand Salgado/KYUKThe Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and chair U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski visited Bethel this week to hear directly from tribal leaders and agency heads about the federal government’s response to ex-typhoon Halong and the path forward. Testimony showed that the need for better planning and cooperation between tribes and agencies is immediate.
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski held a roundtable in Anchorage with Interior Department officials on May 5 to hear from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok leaders about challenges the communities still face and ideas for how to move forward. -
The city of Marshall says multiple families have received precautionary vaccinations after multiple community members handled puppies that had been living alongside a dog that later tested positive for rabies. -
Relatives and friends of murdered and missing Indigenous Alaskans took their grief to the streets of Midtown Anchorage on April 30. The event was the third annual Walk for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People hosted by the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage. -
The state released data from emergency department visits from 2019 to 2024 and urges Alaskans to wear protective gear when riding. -
The woman is accusing the Alaska Department of Public Safety, two Alaska State Troopers and the A&E Television Network of compromising her privacy and safety after they filmed an arrest without her consent. -
The River Watch team will be back in full force this year, working directly with communities on the Yukon and Kuskokwim and closely monitoring impacts as the ice goes out after a historically cold winter. -
Last year’s federal budget reconciliation bill included billions of dollars for aviation improvements around the country – including many new weather stations in Alaska. -
Three men from Napakiak face weapons misconduct, terroristic threatening, and other charges after Alaska State Troopers say they brandished firearms and threatened people in separate incidents in the community. -
Last month, a muskox was poached near the Kuskokwim River community of Lower Kalskag. The herd is growing there, but state managers say it’s not yet large enough to hunt legally, and the poaching isn’t helping. -
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the Cessna 185 was taking off from a remote airstrip in the area when its left landing gear strut failed, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in Aniak.
