Rural Alaska
3 hospitalized after plane crashes on Kuskokwim
Three people were hospitalized when a plane crashed and flipped Tuesday afternoon on the Kuskokwim River ice near the village of Upper Kalskag, Alaska State Troopers say.
Rural Alaska
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RURAL ALASKA
Three hospitalized after plane crashes on Kuskokwim
Three people were hospitalized when a plane crashed and flipped Tuesday afternoon on the Kuskokwim River ice near the village of Upper Kalskag, Alaska State Troopers reported.
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RURAL ALASKA
Bethel brothers survive blizzard afer two nights in snow cave
Two teenage brothers from Bethel lost in a blizzard for two nights outside the Western Alaska city were rescued Wednesday and reported to be in good condition.
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RURAL ALASKA
How many Eskimo words for 'snow'? Maybe more than you think
Anthropologist Franz Boas didn't mean to spark a century-long argument. Traveling through the icy wastes of Baffin Island in northern Canada during the 1880s, Boas simply wanted to study the life of the local Inuit people.
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RURAL ALASKA
Seth Kantner: Wonderful memories of the amazingly accurate black gun
There's been a lot of talk in the news lately about guns. AR-15's have been getting attention again.
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THE VILLAGE BLOG
Leaving the city behind for village life
An exodus of villagers to Alaska cities -- an urban migration -- grabbed headlines over the past decade. But the river flows both ways as many rural residents return to hometowns across the state.
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ENVIRONMENT
Obama issues disaster declaration for storms
President Barack Obama has issued a disaster declaration for large parts of Alaska affected by storms, winds, flooding and landslides during the last half of September.
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ANCHORAGE
Homeless man downloaded child pornography to office computer, police say
A homeless man is facing child pornography charges after he downloaded illegal pictures to a public computer at a Haines tribal office, according to the charging document.
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THE VILLAGE BLOG
Love 'Dexter?' Masuka's parents run a restaurant in Bethel
We knew Bethel was home to several Korean restaurants. We didn't know one was owned by the parents of a fan-favorite character on the Showtime series "Dexter."
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THE VILLAGE BLOG
Pumpkin recycling service
Wasilla photographer Mike Criss recently posted this clip on our Anchorage Daily News Facebook wall
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RURAL ALASKA
Air service to Akutan ends despite new $75.5 million airport
The Aleutian Island village of Akutan has a new $75.5 million airport -- on an island six miles across the water. Passengers will take a $100 hovercraft ride over the Bering Sea to catch their planes.




