Aniak News

With Tuesday's primary election just five days away, we'll be hearing more and more about Ballot Measure 2, the initiative banning private citizens from shooting predators with airplanes.

TWO MEN ARRESTED: Troopers led on wild 25-mile chase down the Kuskokwim. Published: August 7th, 2008 12:03 AM Last Modified: August 7th, 2008 12:34 AM Two drunken bootleggers who were intercepted on the ...

A commercial aircraft crash-landed into the Kuskokwim River shortly after taking off Monday, coming to rest on the edge of an island after it apparently lost power while in the air, according to Alaska State ...

A passenger plane has crashed. A Frontier Flying Service Piper Chieftain has gone down near the village of Aniak on the Kuskokwim River.

By Helen Youngsman Teeter The blurb: "The sometimes hairy, sometimes hilarious adventures of a woman missionary in the Alaska Bush, sequel to 'Honeybuckets on the Kuskokwim.' " Excerpt: "When we heard of a ...

A government program used more than 50 years ago is now causing big problems throughout our 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.

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On May 17, 2008, a son, Johnathan Lukas Wald, weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces, to Mary Grace Cortes Soriano and Johnathan Alan Wald, of Juneau.

If you thought gas prices in Anchorage were bad. . . it's worse in the Bush. This is the first time the fuel barge has been up the river to deliver gas and diesel since fall of last year and the new prices are ...

“I think it's an inappropriate use of state money to spend $400,000 to travel the state as Ted Spraker and his colleagues are doing”

A presentation on predator control programs by Board of Game Vice Chair Ted Spraker will begin at 7 p.m. today at the Aspen Hotel in Soldotna. via Clarion Dispatch

State officials want you to tell them about the energy situation in your community. via KTVA Anchorage

A man accused of choking and beating his girlfriend was charged with three felony counts of assault Wednesday, according to Alaska State Troopers. via Anchorage Daily News

Predator control is one of the most controversial, high-profile issues in Alaska. via Juneau Empire

Published: February 24th, 2008 02:14 AM Last Modified: February 24th, 2008 02:24 AM Lately I've been playing hide-and-seek with a number of last-minute Internet specials on airfares. via Anchorage Daily News

“Now we need to know where to go from here when we're told the law's the law.”

Tribal leaders in Aniak say Alaska Natives are being unfairly targeted by law enforcement officers in the western Alaska village, a claim that Alaska State Troopers deny. via Clarion Dispatch

“We respect the law and follow the law, but to be looked for and asked and checked that we are ensuring that we are not breaking the law and questioned all of the time, to me that is harassment”

The village of Aniak says living with Alaska State Troopers in its community is like living with Big Brother. via Free Republic

“Point of fact, fewer moose have been taken in the area rather than more. It indicates to me the program is not working”

The Alaska Board of Game deferred a decision on whether to allow residents along the Kuskokwim River to kill wolf pups in their dens. via Los Angeles Times

“It was the best moose habitat in the country and it's almost totally gone now”

Residents along the Kuskokwim River want state game managers to allow them to kill wolf pups in their dens. via Juneau Empire

“I'm just one of those basketball groupies that follows my son around”

The next time you vote - not at the upcoming presidential caucuses, but at any other federal or state election - take a look around. via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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