Fort Yukon News

Water levels dropped in the riverside village of Fort Yukon Wednesday, though Weather Service officials said major flooding remained a threat.

The Yukon River moved past Fort Yukon late Monday morning, and village officials reported to the National Weather Service that the frontage road was impassable and water was up to the steps of the tribal hall.

After 56 years, the grave of the late Fort Yukon Chief Esias Loola has been located in Washington state and plans are in the making to return his remains to the Yukon River village to be buried next to his wife, Katherine, and his stepson, John Stevens.

Chief Esias Loola and his wife Katherine were a well-loved and respected Fort Yukon couple who took in many orphan children and raised them in their home.

On a clear, cold night two winters ago in Fort Yukon, Carl Andersen watched a rocket he helped design pierce the upper atmosphere.

On a clear, cold night two winters ago in Fort Yukon, Carl Andersen watched a rocket he helped design pierce the upper atmosphere.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says a jury on Tuesday acquitted 40-year-old Demetrie Alexander of DUI and refusing to take a chemical alcohol test.