Emmonak News

LOCATION: On a south fork of the Yukon River, about nine miles south of Alakanuk, 18 miles southwest of Emmonak on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and 500 miles northwest of Anchorage.

An Alakanuk man is in jail on assault charges after Alaska State Troopers say he got drunk and fired a gun at several people, injuring a 14-year-old girl.

Two teenagers, who have ventured deep into the Alaskan wilderness to help the natives destroy beaver dams, said the work does not conflict with their Christian beliefs.

“The price increases they've forecast leave me utterly speechless”

Stove oil cost $4.85 a gallon all winter in Emmonak, a Yup'ik village of 800 at the mouth of the Yukon River. via McClatchy DC

“One of the things that has become clear to both Woody and I is that a comment, even though it is made without an intent to harm, can be very hurtful.”

What started out as an offensive comment on the air, has turned into an issue that has pitted Alaska Natives against a radio station. via KTVA Anchorage

“He's just been a very, very good administrator”

Photo by McKibben Jackinsky; Homer News Homer Middle School Principal Dan Beck, center, encourages students participating in the school's recent talent show. via Homer News

“We should drill before we eat”

' The University of Alaska Fairbanks' Kenji Yoshikawa is making a snowmachine journey from Emmonak, at the mouth of the Yukon, to Kotzebue, about 800 trail miles away. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Published: March 23rd, 2008 01:44 AM Last Modified: March 23rd, 2008 01:54 AM STEBBINS -- "Theres no permafrost here, like there was none in Emmonak," Kenji Yoshikawa said, when he was in the village of Kotlik. via Anchorage Daily News

“Essentially that keeps the students in the building and locks the outside doors and limits entry”

Published: February 16th, 2008 12:30 AM Last Modified: February 16th, 2008 01:05 AM A ninth-grade girl bowled over and slightly injured the school principal while trying to hurt another student in Emmonak on ... via Anchorage Daily News

Published: January 4th, 2008 12:33 AM Last Modified: January 4th, 2008 01:07 AM POPULATION: 201 LOCATION: On a south fork of the Yukon River, about 9 miles south of Alakanuk, 18 miles southwest of Emmonak on ... via Anchorage Daily News