The system was developed after the freighter Selendang Ayu lost power and grounded off of Unalaska Island in Dec. 2004. Six crewmembers were killed when the ship broke in half and spilled oil and its soybean cargo along the shoreline.
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Bethel preschool reopens after ‘monumental’ cleanup
Lower Kuskokwim School District Superintendent Dan Walker says students were back Monday.
A few residents volunteer time, materials to upgrade Dillingham animal shelter
The volunteers don’t want credit or attention. They do want to see this job done and maybe set a small example on how to tackle the next ones.
Yupiit Nation presses for tribal governance progress
Yupiit Nation tribal members at an event Friday made a last second push for advancing sovereignty in Alaska. A few dozen members signed on to a letter to Gov. Bill Walker asking him to stop the state’s fight against putting lands into trust.
A year after Roxanne Smart was killed, Chevak still waits for justice
The town had to live for nearly a year with a killer among them while they waited for the lab samples to come back.
Mysterious whale deaths spike in the Gulf, prompts investigation
Thirty large dead whales have been observed floating or washed ashore in coastal Alaska since May. That’s over three times the average for Alaska waters.