Katmai search for floatplane scaled back
An extensive search for a floatplane with four people on board that vanished Aug. 21 on a short flight from Katmai National Park and Preserve to King Salmon has been…
Bethel, AK
Rural communities can access education board meetings
The State Board of Education & Early Development is scheduled to meet September 9-10, starting at 8 a.m. each day. The meeting will be held in the Mat-Su Assembly Chambers,…
State works with villages to keep them warm
A state program designed to ensure that rural Alaska communities have an adequate supply of home-heating fuel is headed into its second successful year, the state reported in a press…
Yukon River turbine poses no Alaska fish problem
Fish have no reason to fear a turbine generator in the Yukon River
Southwest Alaska will soon be broadband connected
Broadband connectivity is coming to Southwest Alaska, and a local economic development organization wants to make sure businesses are ready to take advantage of it.
Bethel Schools Parent Involvement Meeting Sept. 7
In a continued effort to have more input from Bethel Parents of students at Mikelnguut Elitnaurviat (M.E.) Gladys Jung and Bethel High School Site, administrators have set a Parent Involvement…
Calista places CEO on leave following lawsuit
Matthew Nicolai, longtime chief executive and president of Calista Corp., has been placed on leave by Calista’s board of directors, said the company’s spokesman.
Akiak, Sleetmute, Igiugig get state money to build VPSO housing
Three rural communities will receive funding to construct housing units for Village Public Safety Officers.
Books-N-Badges kicks-off book drive for Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
As summer wanes and students begin a new school year, a group of local agencies is coordinating a book drive to promote reading in rural Alaska, a written statement from…
New fishers loan program up and running
Applications are being accepted at the Alaska Division of Investments for an expanded program of low interest loans to help commercial fish harvesters switch out old, inefficient boat engines for…
Trouble in Tuluksak includes brawl with police, rifle brandishing
On Saturday, Harry Napoka, 41 of Tuluksak, assaulted police in the village after a traffic stop, Alaska State Troopers reported.
Building to begin on efficient Quinhagak house
Cold Climate Housing Research Center will soon begin building the Quinhagak prototype home as part of its Sustainable Northern Shelter program, the center announced today.
Guhlke, Schultheis, Adams named to ASMI board
Icicle Seafoods executive Dennis Guhlke has been appointed, and Jack Schultheis and Kevin Adams reappointed to the board of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, state officials announced today.
&Going to Extremes& is back in paperback
In the introduction to the latest paperback edition of "Going to Extremes," author Joe McGinniss muses that Alaska was just 16 years old and Sarah Palin just 13 when…
Senate race to test tea party movement in Alaska
Alaska’s GOP primary Tuesday promised to be a test of the political power of Sarah Palin and the tea party movement in the state, with Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski hoping…
Comment period extended on Steller biological opinion
Officials with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service said today they are extending for a week the public comment period for the draft 2010 Groundfish Biological Opinion, released earlier this month.
Quinhagak man named LKSD’s teacher of year
The Lower Kuskokwim School District is pleased to announce the 2010 LKSD Teacher of the Year, Mr. Timothy DeBilt, of Quinhagak.
