Aniak News

There are 19 active fires in the Southwest District 2 of which are staffed. The North Fork fire, fire 904281 located 5 miles west of Medfra is controlled.

An airplane crash-landed on the tundra after its engine cut out Tuesday afternoon, leaving one woman with a back injury, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Saturday, June 13 Report: The Public Information/Fire Information Office in McGrath now has a direct phone number.

A Bohemian, mostly under-30 crowd filled the hole-in-the-wall Laurelthirst Public House on a recent Sunday night.

Aniak, Alaska. File photo. More families have been forced out of their homes, as some of the worst flooding seen in decades continues to devastate the interior and rural parts of the state.

Department of Transportation and Public Facilities crews have battled and defeated flooding at some of Alaska's rural airports in the state's central region.

May 6, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin declared a disaster for the flooding event in the Interior of Alaska, including the drainages of the Yukon, Kuskokwim, Kobuk, and Susitna Rivers.

RIVERS RISE: Ice dams created by heavy snowfall, thick ice and heat. Published: May 4th, 2009 10:10 PM Last Modified: May 4th, 2009 10:25 PM Cabins set sail.

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Breakup on the Kuskokwim River is also flooding some upriver villages. Red Devil was nearly evacuated this weekend before water levels there began to recede.

Two villages, Sleetmute and Red Devil are flooded out after the Kuskokwim River came out of its banks and into the towns.

Sandra Kozevnikoff tested her heavy equipment driving skills on a computer simulator during a public meeting held last month in this middle Kuskokwim River village.

A 32-year-old Aniak man has died in a snowmobile crash that injured his passenger.

Redoubt Erupts Four Times in 8 Hours: Pattern of Doze, Then Sky-High Eruption May Persist for Months Anchorage Daily News Mar.

We all want to be healthier, and one of the best ways to do that is to change our eating habitats.

Finding half-dead puppies lying on the floor of a shed at 40 below with no food, water or bedding did not go over well with Kathy Sweeney of Aniak.

A new Transportation Security Administration proposal has Alaska pilots and aircraft owners concerned that their aircraft will be over regulated, and may force them to quit flying and scrap their planes.

Developers of the Donlin Creek gold deposit in Southwest Alaska have begun a series of regional public meetings to share current information and to take comments about the proposed large-scale hard rock mine ...

For the second time in 13 years, fire has destroyed the high school shared by the two Kalskag villages, where about 500 people live on the Kuskoskwim River.

LOCATION : On the north bank of the Kuskokwim River at its junction with Crooked Creek in the Kilbuk-Kuskokwim Mountains, 50 miles northeast of Aniak and 141 miles northeast of Bethel.