Aniak

The district abruptly closed the school that serves students grades 6-12 in the community on Monday, Jan. 19. Superintendent Madeline Aguillard said a collapse of the school’s gymnasium would also be catastrophic for the adjoining elementary school.

The Yute Commuter Service pilot was the sole occupant on board the Cessna 207 bound for Bethel. The pilot was rescued by Aniak locals after engine issues prompted a precautionary landing minutes into the flight.

Outside of Bethel, there’s only one official restaurant in the entire Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. But bypass mail price hikes could threaten the iconic eatery’s future.

Residents of Alaska’s bush communities often have to go without some of their favorite foods and flavors found on the road system, but one community market in Aniak has been an exception to that.

City officials in the middle Kuskokwim River community say they’ve decided to suspend library services due to staff turnover, low patronage, and the tumultuousness of federal grants.

According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, the quake was roughly 5 miles deep and centered directly on a section of a fault line called the Iditarod-Nixon fault that hasn’t seen significant seismic activity in nearly a century.

Community members who reported hearing gunfire on July 25 banded together to put out the blaze, but troopers have not yet said whether the remains are those of the alleged shooter.

Aniak’s tribal government is suing state and federal agencies for allegedly taking human remains from an airport site and not returning them – and not allowing the tribe to excavate the site.