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.
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.
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.
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