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When the ice jam in the Kalskag area breaks, a pulse of water will flow downstream, and National Weather Service Hydrologist Johnse Ostman says it could impact communities downstream of Kalskag, including Tuluksak, Akiak, Akiachak and Kwethluk.
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As of Saturday morning (May 4), the National Weather Service reported high water on both the Kuskokwim River and Mud Creek, behind Kalskag. The road between Upper and Lower Kalskag was covered with a few feet of water and closed to vehicle traffic, although some residents reported moving around in canoes.
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The National Weather Service urges travelers to use caution, carry a winter survival kit, and stay with a vehicle if they get stuck.
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National Guard personnel jumped from a search and rescue aircraft to deliver blood to a Kotlik womanSevere weather prevented a civilian air ambulance from airlifting a woman to Bethel for medical treatment.
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Suits filed in In U.S. District Court allege the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services owes both organizations millions in unpaid costs.
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Republican lawmakers cited concerns about an ongoing wrongful death lawsuit against the state in which the ACLU of Alaska is co-counsel.
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A teenager in the coastal village of Kotlik has been charged with terroristic threatening, weapons misconduct, assault, and cruelty to animals after Alaska State Troopers say he fired shots into a residence, killing two dogs.
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Newtok’s school building has no electricity and the problem can’t be fixed. Nine miles away in Mertarvik, where Newtok residents are working to relocate, the makeshift school also doesn’t have power.
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An annual test of Alaska’s tsunami warning system is scheduled for Wednesday, March 27 at about 10:20 a.m. It will broadcast over radio and television stations around the state.
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A man from the lower Yukon River village of Nunam Iqua has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, negligent homicide, and assault following the death of a woman he told Alaska State Troopers fell from his snowmachine.
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Warm weather has made meltwater of heavy snowfall on the Kuskokwim River Ice Road, creating a “river on top of a river.”
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Alaskans reported online fraud at the second highest rate per capita in the nation last year, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation complaints.