JBER, ALASKA – The Newtok Village Council has been awarded 1.7 million dollars in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to acquire and demolish Newtok village homes threatened by erosion from the Ninglick River. The HMGP funds will be used to acquire and demolish seven homes in Newtok. The State Hazard Mitigation Advisory Committee has […]
In a packed university conference room, biologist Randy Brown spoke of chinook, the fatty king of far-north salmon. “It’s more than just a fish, it’s a culture,” Brown said to the Fairbanks crowd, many of them Alaska Natives. Brown is the lead author on a paper in which he documented all the known Yukon River […]
A Bethel man’s remains were recovered after an incident involving six family members that went through the ice near the confluence of the Kuskokwim and Gweek Rivers between Bethel and Akiachak on Sunday night. Troopers received a report of the emergency on the river from the Bethel Police Department at 9:57 pm on Sunday night. […]
A burglary report came in to troopers on Saturday morning reporting a burglary/vehicle theft at a remote residence on the Kashwitna River, troopers are seeking assistance from the public regarding the incident. Troopers say that the burglar or burglars broke into, and vandalized the home outside of Willow and caused “a significant amount of property […]