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A Coast Guard plane was stuck on the Dillingham airport runway from Friday evening until Saturday afternoon due to a mechanical issue, delaying flights over the weekend.
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October is domestic violence awareness month. A specialist with the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault shared some ways to recognize, address and prevent domestic violence.
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No one was injured in Friday's fire. It is the community’s third house fire since early August, when a house and a trailer burned down in two separate incidents.
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Dillingham is one of 15 communities in the state that contract with the state to run jails. The police department has struggled to fill positions for years; the jail closed for two weeks last year also due to short staffing.
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Two homes in Dillingham were damaged in fires on Tuesday, one on Emperor Way near Lupine Dr. and one on Gauthier Way on Windmill Hill.
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State Troopers will now only conduct a "limited, reactive" search for a man who went missing in mid-July after taking a skiff out on Lake Iliamna.
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Alaska State Troopers are searching for a man who went missing while traveling across Lake Iliamna in a skiff Sunday evening.
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Bristol Bay commercial fishing is known to be fast-paced and profitable. But that comes with challenging conditions and unexpected danger. Ahead of the season, a deckhand training course drew new and returning crew-members to cover essential skills like knot tying, operations, safety training and more.
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There’s been a sharp uptick of COVID cases in Bristol Bay since June 22. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services recorded 14 new cases in the Dillingham census area and 77 new cases in the Bristol Bay plus Lake and Peninsula boroughs.
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The fire grew about 400 acres toward the southeast on Friday and covered a total of 36,559 acres on Saturday. But rain helped douse the flames and satellites have not picked up any heat since then.
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Only minor injuries were reported after the float plane, operated by Newhalen Lodge, crashed into the lake. Troopers in Fairbanks and Dillingham, the Village of Kokhanok and lodges in the area worked together to rescue the passengers by skiff and bring them to the village clinic.
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A 53-year-old Missouri man was sentenced in federal court Friday, after he pleaded guilty to tax evasion and admitted to engaging in a…