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Fed. Subsistence Board adds 4 coastal communities to Kuskokwim moose hunt
The Federal Subsistence Board has added four coastal communities to the Kuskokwim River moose hunt area. The villages of Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok and Quinhagak will be eligible to harvest moose in the Kuskokwim River hunt area in Unit 18, beginning this summer. The board met in Anchorage from April 2-5,...
'I love my area, I love my tribe': Hear from fans at the Coastal Conference basketball finals
Fans cheer on the Tuntutuliak Lady Blue Jays at the Coastal Conference Championship Finals on March 4, 2024. Basketball fans from around the region came to Bethel at the beginning of March to cheer on teams at the 1A Coastal Conference Championships. KYUK’s Sage Smiley talked to fans inside the...
US Coast Guard takes over Kwigillingok diesel spill response, citing threat to nearby waterway
According to the United States Coast Guard, a diesel fuel spill at a fuel storage facility in the coastal village of Kwigillingok now poses a threat to the Kwigillingok River, which feeds into the Kuskokwim Bay. Bernie Nowicki is an environmental program manager for Western Alaska with the Alaska Department...
The Coast Guard Takes the Lead on Spill in Western Alaska That Is Larger Than First Thought
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has taken over the response to a diesel fuel spill from a storage tank in a western Alaska village that has crept toward a river. The spill at a fuel tank farm in Kwigillingok was discovered Feb. 8 and occurred about...
Diesel fuel spilled from general store storage tanks in Southwest Alaska village
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel that were spilled on frozen tundra near a Southwest Alaska town has been blamed on human error during a transfer operation between storage tanks belonging to a general store. In a situation report released Friday, the Alaska Department of Environmental...
Diesel spill in Kwigillingok is 36% larger than first estimated, according to latest DEC report
A spill of diesel heating fuel onto the frozen tundra at the village of Kwingillingok is now estimated to be more than 36% larger than it was in the first official estimate, which was done Feb. 12. The early estimate of the Feb. 7-8 spill put the amount at 6,467...
Diesel tank spill at Kwigillingok is over 6,000 gallons
The southwest Alaska community of Kwigillingok reported a sizable oil spill from its bulk fuel tank farm, which is about 500 feet from the Kwigillingok River. The spill was discovered after the Kwik Inc. staff returned to work on Feb. 8. The diesel fuel came from a 10,000-gallon tank that overflowed. The spill was about 6,467 gallons at the latest estimate of oil that has escaped the secondary containment system. Oil was pilling at a rate of about 20 gallons a minute out of the transfer pump, which was shut off immediately upon the discovery of the spill. At this point, it appears that human error was the cause of the spill.
6,000 gallons of diesel spill in Kwigillingok after storage tank overflows
According to an initial report from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), more than 6,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled in the coastal village of Kwigillingok at a fuel storage facility owned by Kwik Inc. The spill happened overnight between Feb. 7 and Feb. 8. An initial ADEC report...
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