Aniak, Alaska

• Census creates uniquely Alaskan ads
  

  A totem pole and dog booties. They are not your average advertising tools, which is exactly what Census 2010 officials are going for.

• Man faces attempted murder charge in attack
  

  A Sleetmute man who attacked a family member with a sharp-edged weapon early Wednesday was charged with attempted murder, according to Alaska State Troopers.

• Investigation: Alaska Energy Program Falls Short Of Fed's
  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska People across our state are doing exactly what the state energy raters recommended to bring their homes up to better energy efficiency.

• Fire in Aniak destroys 4,000 pounds of mail
  

  An early morning fire guts an airport terminal in western Alaska. Officials say a fire was reported around 3 o'clock January 18 at the Era Alaska facility in Aniak, previously known as the Frontier facility.

• Southwest Alaska to get 4G wireless service
  

  In the last year Anchorage got 3G wireless service, many parts of the bush got cell phone service for the first time and 4G was rolled out in the Lower 48.

• Village's Christmas pageant combines traditions
  

  Link: All Things Considered, NPR Annie Feidt of the Alaska Public Radio Network visited Aniak, near Bethel, just as the village's schoolchildren were preparing for last week's annual Christmas pageant.

• Notice of Issuance of the Holitna Basin Exploration License Final Best Interest
  

  The Alaska Department of Natural Resources , Division of Oil & Gas is notifying individuals and organizations that commented on the Holitna Basin Exploration License that the Holitna Basin Exploration License Final Finding of the Director on Remand is being issued on December 9, 2009.

• Exclusive: Aniak Dragon Slayers put out fire
  

  Lost generation of workers It is a tough holiday season for many Americans out of work.

• Troopers looking in villages to recruit
  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska Another focus at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention this week is lowering high crime rates in rural villages.

• Aniak fire chief, 64, dies from cancer
  

  Aniak fire chief Pete Brown has died from cancer. Brown, who was 64, saved lives up and down the Kuskokwim River and trained two decades of village teenagers to do the same.

• The Village blog: Photos from Brown's goodbye celebration in Aniak
  

  The Village is a Daily News blog about life and politics in rural Alaska. Its main author is ADN reporter Kyle Hopkins.

• Aniak fire chief dies of cancer
  

  Longtime Aniak fire chief Pete Brown, died of cancer Tuesday, KTVA reported on its Web site.

• Fire chief gives village youths emergency training to help others, themselves
  

  One cold, snowy night 10 years ago, Pete Brown's 14-year-old son Jeremiah was struck by a four-wheeler as he was walking home from the village gym.

• Aniak fire chief holds goodbye bash
  

  Aniak has a population of just under 500 people. Brown started a volunteer fire-rescue squad called the Dragon Slayers in the village.

City Description

Aniak (Anyaraq in Central Yup'ik) is a city in the Bethel Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 572. Aniak is located at 61°34′44″N 159°33′1″W / 61.57889°N 159.55028°W / 61.57889; -159.55028 (61.578821, -159.550255). Aniak is located on the south bank of the Kuskokwim River at the head of Aniak Slough,59 miles southwest of Russian Mission in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. It lies 92 air miles northeast of Bethel and 317 miles (510 km) west of Anchorage. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.8 km²), of which, 6.5 square miles (16.9 km²) of it is land and 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²) of it (25.82%) is water. Climate is maritime in the summer and continental in winter. Temperatures range between -55 and 87. Average yearly precipitation is 19 inches (480 mm), with snowfall of 60 inches (1.5 m). As of the census of 2000, there were 572 people, 174 households, and 133 families residing in the city. The population density was 87.8 people per square mile (33.9/km²). There were 203 housing units at an average density of 31.1/sq mi (12.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 25.00% White,

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Alaska
• Bethel Census Area

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 22.791895371 km squared

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