Quinhagak News

An Alaska teacher's dream to build a greenhouse so students can grow fresh veggies in the village of Quinhagak will likely become reality thanks to a $10,000 grant from former celebrity talk show host Jenny Jones.

HUD is awarding the funds to the Native Village of Kwinhagak, the tribal council of Quinhagak.

As many as one-third of homes in one Western Alaska village are rotting, moldy and potentially unsafe to live in, a new report says.

The unified command consisting of the Coast Guard, Crowley and Alaska Department of Conservation have successfully coordinated the removal of Crowley barge 160-1 grounded on a sand bar in the Kanektok River near the Quinhagak Village south of Bethel on the eastern shore of the Bering Sea at 1 a.m. Tuesday.

The Coast Guard is reporting a Crowley fuel barge is grounded near the village of Quinhagak on the Kanektok River.

The Coast Guard and Crowley are responding to the grounding of the 160-foot Crowley barge 160-1 in the Kanektok River near the Quinhagak Village south of Bethel on the eastern shore of the Bering Sea.

The Coast Guard is reporting a Crowley fuel barge is grounded near the village of Quinhagak on the Kanektok River.

The sixth Alaska Basic Arts Institute concluded last Thursday with a gallery walk and performances by the 36 teachers from 11 districts statewide.

The Village blog, ADN: Adolph Pleasant of the Yup'ik village of Quinhagak recently caught a salmon shark in Kuskokwim Bay off the Bering Sea -- about 20 miles from town.