The search for three people left missing by Monday’s landslide in Wrangell is now a reactive search rather than active search, Alaska State Troopers said Thursday.
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The Mendenhall Valley Library will serve as a disaster assistance center for flood victims next week
The state’s emergency management division, the city and volunteer groups will open a disaster assistance center at the library from Aug. 21-23.
Fire destroys power plant at Newtok school
The fire which took place at about 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Fire destroys the only grocery store and fuel source in Stebbins
Gov. Dunleavy said the state’s emergency operations center is coordinating with the village on a response.
Officials urge residents to pack and make plans as fire moves closer to St. Mary’s and Pitkas Point
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration in response to the fire, which has grown to an estimated 71,000 acres over the last week and a half.
Vulnerable residents flown out of St. Mary’s as major tundra fire closes in
Yute Commuter Services sent all of its planes to St. Mary’s to evacuate residents, and about 60 people arrived in Bethel on Thursday night.
Dozens of Manley Hot Springs residents remain displaced after ice jam flood
Some Manley Hot Springs residents are frustrated by a lack of guidance on how to deal with contaminants in their homes and yards.
Hooper Bay’s sewage lagoon has failed, spilling onto an area vital to local subsistence
The entirety of the community’s sewage lagoon has poured onto the surrounding tundra.
Fuel shortage and blizzard leave St. George residents rationing heat and water
On top of the fuel shortage, a blizzard last weekend broke water lines and drained the island’s water tanks.
Unalaska cashes in on new Biden administration boon to vaccinate 1,800 at mass clinic
Despite difficulties with getting access to COVID-19 vaccines earlier in the year, roughly 1,800 people in Unalaska were vaccinated at a mass vaccination clinic on Thursday.