Hooper Bay News

LOCATION: On the north bank of the Niglikfak River, 17 miles east of Hooper Bay in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

Hooper Bay, Alaska, was the home of what KTUU called "the nation's first death due to fluoride poisoning" in 1992.

The state of Alaska and the Alaska Fire Service will send five emergency firefighting crews to California this morning to help battle fires that have spread across the state.

In this fifth year of the war, the Pentagon and Veterans Affairs officials are paying close attention to the 38 percent of veterans who live in rural areas, across the nation.

“It's healthy eating for all people.”

The best defensive weapon of choice for Alaska Native cancer survivors is a return to traditional subsistence food. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

“The people who are hardest hit by high fuel costs may be least able to afford to move”

More people from the Bush are moving to urban areas Published: May 14th, 2008 12:02 AM Last Modified: May 14th, 2008 01:43 AM T he migration of rural Alaskans from village to city has accelerated in the last ... via Anchorage Daily News

“They don't have cars and there are no roads.”

VILONIA Third graders in the School of Technology at Vilonia Primary School, this week, gave bear hugs to a teacher headed for a classroom in a bear populated part of Alaska. via Log Cabin Democrat

“People here in the Kenai have been adding to my collection.”

When you're not fishing, there's a lot to see in Kenai By SARA J. HARDAN-SMITH Daily News correspondent Published: April 22nd, 2008 03:49 AM Last Modified: April 22nd, 2008 06:43 AM T he town of Kenai is rich ... via Anchorage Daily News

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On March 24, 2008, a daughter, Valerie Faye Schulze, weighing 7 pounds, 8 ounces, to Anne Marie and Brad Allen Schulze, of Haines. via Juneau Empire

Health : Bad water for many Alaskans, no escape from disease In 1992 "In Hooper Bay, a sprawling Yup'ik Eskimo village of nearly 1,000 people and nearly no indoor plumbing, a 41-year-old man died and dozens of ... via Fluoride News Tracker

Published: April 2nd, 2008 02:43 AM Last Modified: April 2nd, 2008 04:38 PM Editor's note: This story was originally published September 20, 1992 Morning on the tundra. via Anchorage Daily News

“On behalf of Gov. Sarah Palin and the people of Alaska, we thank you and your ancestors for outstanding service during World War II.”

HOOPER BAY: More than 6,600 Alaskans volunteered in 1942. Anchorage Daily News Published: March 29th, 2008 01:17 AM Last Modified: March 29th, 2008 02:06 AM Fifty members of the Alaska Territorial Guard who ... via Anchorage Daily News

The Village Public Safety Officer program has five new graduates. A ceremony marking the graduation was held Friday in Sitka. via KTVA Anchorage

“They have contributed a lot to the idea and brainstormed and debated a lot of the issues, and they've donated a lot of the money to keep this going”

State housing officials have proposed kicking money into a proposal to replace the aging Fairview Manor apartments in Fairbanks with low-income and retirement housing complexes. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

“It can get discouraging at times”

The Yup'ik immersion program at the Hooper Bay School has about 120 students enrolled in six classes. via Clarion Dispatch

A Hooper Bay resident and others who fought to keep four-wheelers from destroying important bird nests and berry patches have won a national award. via Anchorage Daily News

Read an article about birdwatching on Alaska's Pribilof Islands. Read an article about birdwatching at Alaska's Copper River Delta. via Birder's World

“We're trying to keep costs down in the villages as much as possible”

Published: January 22nd, 2008 12:11 AM Last Modified: January 22nd, 2008 02:07 AM Efforts are under way to get wind power to several more Western Alaska villages, including two where blades should start ... via Anchorage Daily News

The nearly 50 Alaska Territorial Guard soldiers in the Hooper Bay area will be recognized Wednesday in a ceremony at the village's high school gymnasium. via Anchorage Daily News

Two Juneau men who had been reported missing were located in the Kelsall Valley near the Canadian border above Haines. via Juneau Empire