Koyukuk News

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.

An Interior airline operator said people are leaving Alaska villages, and that outward migration to urban areas is adding new business challenges in an already tough economy that is bringing more competition from larger companies.

President Barack Obama has issued a disaster declaration for several parts of Alaska affected by spring flooding and ice jams, ordering federal aid to help in recovery efforts.

Ice jams are threatening more Yukon River villages. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch alert through Saturday evening from Koyukuk to Grayling to Holy Cross.

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

The large framed photo of Harold "Buddy" Brown displayed prominently at his funeral service Saturday in Huslia reflected his success in two worlds.

FAIRBANKS a ' The Yukon-Koyukuk School District and Raven Correspondence School have relocated temporarily following a diesel fuel spill at the district office in Fairbanks.

Abstract A growing number of molecular studies show that many fungi have phylogeographic structures and that their distinct lineages are usually limited to different continents.

Career Connections, a program of SERRC - Alaska's Educational Resource Center, will bring high school students to Juneau this week to learn about employment opportunities.

For many years, Percy Lolnitz viewed life through a haze of alcohol and drugs. "I was out there, like the rest of my buddies, and I did everything in the book, " said Lolnitz, a Koyukuk resident.

CUSTOMERS CHERISH MEMORIES OF VALDEZ BAR FORCED TO RELOCATE : Customers gathered last weekend to say goodbye to Club Valdez, the iconic sea-front bar with a history intrinsically linked to the city -- perhaps ...

We are stewards of the land; God put us there to watch the land. We are living in a world that is lost, therefore, when we got caught up in it, we got lost too.

The following editorial first appeared in the Anchorage Daily News: State judge Sharon Gleason is performing a great service for Alaskans.

A Superior Court judge has given state educators 60 days to improve conditions for students in struggling rural schools.

State judge Sharon Gleason is performing a great service for Alaskans. In handling a suit claiming the state doesn't adequately support K-12 education, she is essentially conducting a detailed audit of how well ...

Stepheni Hawk smokes at the bus stop before dawn, standing along a street where a gas station glows day and night.

Silverado Gold Mines Ltd. SLGLF OTCBB, SLGL Frankfurt, www.silverado.com , is pleased to announce that the preliminary feasibility study on its Workman's Bench gold and antimony lode gold deposit at its Nolan ...

The discovery of oil in Prudhoe Bay is well-known to most Alaskans. While it wasn't the first discovery of the lifeblood of American transportation in the 49th state, it was huge, a field so big it was ...