Alaska State Troopers say that recovery efforts are underway to retrieve a deceased pilot from a crash site near Chakachamna Lake west of Tyonek. AST reports that the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center picked up a 406 beacon from the aircraft 50 miles west of Tyonek at 10:47 pm on Wednesday night. RCC responded and located […]
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded $200,000 each for conservation work to the Native Village of Tyonek and Telida Village Council under the Tribal Wildlife Grant program. The Native Village of Tyonek, in partnership with Tyonek Tribal Conservation District, will be using funds to remove a barrier to fish passage on Old […]
A Tyonek parent was arrested on Tuesday on charges of “Terroristic Threatening,” after posting messages on Facebook trooper dispatch reports. Tyonek villagers patrolled the streets and the school in Tyonek went on lock-down after 26-year-old Tyonek resident, Justin Trenton, posted messages on Facebook. The posts made on Facebook were in response to unidentified people in […]
Two wildfires are raging in Cook Inlet, one on the western shores of the inlet near Tyonek and another on the Kenai Peninsula near the city of Soldotna. Reports relay that both fires have grown much larger since the fires weere first reported. Estimates made on Monday night showed the Funny River Fire near Soldotna […]