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Hooper Bay's sewer lagoon spills out following a leak

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Hooper Bay, AK.

A leak has caused Hooper Bay’s sewer lagoon to spill out onto the surrounding land. The lagoon is completely empty now, according to an email that Hooper Bay city administrator Sandra Tall-Lake sent on Friday afternoon to the Alaska Municipal League. In that email, she said the city was planning to declare a state of emergency.

This is a developing story. KYUK will update this post as it receives new information.

Corrected: February 25, 2022 at 10:25 PM AKST
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated Sandra Tall-Lake's position in the city.
Greg Kim was a news reporter for KYUK from 2019-2022.