Stevens Village News

At least six schools in Interior-based school districts are in danger of closing next year because of low enrollment, according to superintendents at the Iditarod and Yukon Flats districts.

JUNEAU, Alaska-Workers whose source of income has been affected by the Yukon Kuskokwim Flood may qualify for Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits if they are self-employed or are not eligible for the state's unemployment insurance program.

The Eagle River Seventh-Day Adventist Church has organized a donation dropoff to aid the people of Eagle who lost their homes to flooding this spring.

YUKON FLOOD VICTIMS NEED CASH NOW, GOODS LATER : People in Yukon River communities devastated by recent flooding and ice jams are asking people to temper tangible relief.

April Folger stood amid a mountain of clothes at the Civil Air Patrol hangar on Thursday, patiently sorting through a seemingly endless pile of jackets, slacks, T-shirts and shoes.

The Alaska Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster desk at the State Emergency Coordination has validated the need for dog food for the communities of Circle, Eagle, Stevens Village, and Tanana.

People in communities along the Yukon River devastated by flooding are asking people who want to donate to tailor items to their needs.

Breakup along the Yukon River appears to be waning in intensity as tribal leaders, state responders and local organizations juggle an estimated 150 evacuees from two villages and send crews out to assess damages.

A week ago, you could drive from the short dirt airstrip at Stevens Village into the town proper.

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.

Brutal ice flows and raging flood water are wreaking havoc in small, isolated villages scattered along the Yukon River.

Ice jams from spring breakup continue to slowly move down the Yukon River, inundating small villages along the way.

Stevens Village elder Alice Smoke looks over an aerial photograph showing the flooded state of her home village Monday evening, May 11, 2009, at the David Salmon Tribal Hall.

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

Efforts are under way in Eagle to assess the damage caused when ice jams on the Yukon River caused massive flooding in the community.

Elders and pregnant women have been evacuated from a flooded Kuskokwim River village.

Small children, their mothers and elders began evacuating the village of Beaver on Friday as the Yukon River was rising, tribal leaders said.

In Eagle, Mark Malcolm was to start a new job on Monday but missed work because he was busy Sunday night running for his life.

Genevieve Nelson, who spent a half-century cultivating Christian broadcasting in the Interior, died on Easter Sunday following a stroke.

In our times, where I write in Stevens Village, the world shivers within, trying to conceal pride and hide money.