JUNEAU, Alaska — Workers within the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers affected by the Alaska spring flooding in May to June of 2023 may qualify for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). In response to a request for federal assistance by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Kusilvak Census Area and Yupiit Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA) affected by the flooding […]
Troopers from Unalakleet responded to the scene after AST was notified of a gunshot death on Thursday. When they arrived at the scene they found 37-year-old Donald Johnson dead from a suspicious gunshot wound. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation was called in and ABI investigators responded to the small southwestern community and opened an investigation. […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Residents in the Copper River, Kuspuk, Lower Kuskokwim, Lower Yukon, and Yukon Flats Regional Educational Attendance Areas (REAAs) affected by the ice jam and snow melt flooding that occurred between May 12 and June 3, 2023, have one week left to apply for FEMA disaster assistance. The deadline is October 23, 2023. […]
At 4:40 on Wednesday afternoon Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a fatal boat collision on the Kuskokwim River. According to AST a 119-foot tug was towing a 285-foot barge on the river near Oscarville when a 14-foot skiff collided the rear end of the barge. The skiff operator, 22-year-old Henry Alexie of Atmautluak, died […]