Aniak News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska Another focus at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention this week is lowering high crime rates in rural villages.

Aniak fire chief Pete Brown has died from cancer. Brown, who was 64, saved lives up and down the Kuskokwim River and trained two decades of village teenagers to do the same.

The Village is a Daily News blog about life and politics in rural Alaska. Its main author is ADN reporter Kyle Hopkins.

Longtime Aniak fire chief Pete Brown, died of cancer Tuesday, KTVA reported on its Web site.

One cold, snowy night 10 years ago, Pete Brown's 14-year-old son Jeremiah was struck by a four-wheeler as he was walking home from the village gym.

Aniak has a population of just under 500 people. Brown started a volunteer fire-rescue squad called the Dragon Slayers in the village.

The Arctic Sounder: The new Kuskokwim River Watershed Council will hold its first "summit" Thursday and Friday in the village of Aniak.

For some workers affected by spring flooding in Alaska, the deadline to apply for disaster unemployment assistance is Thursday.

KYUK / Alaska Public Radio Network: The Bethel City Council on Tuesday voted to ban stores from handing out non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags and restaurants from using foam food takeout containers.

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.