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The Calista Elders Council (CEC) has just recently release their new publication “Nunamta Ellamta-llu Ayuqucia ~ What Our Land and World are Like” – Lower Yukon History and Oral Traditions. This is the latest CEC bilingual publication...

A draft management plan for wood bison in the Lower Innoko/Yukon River area is available for public review, and comments will be accepted through February 28, 2015. The plan will be presented to the Federal Subsistence Board in January and to the...

Welcome to the 29th Legislature and the 2015 Legislative Session. My staff and I are back in Juneau and ready to work for you. I am now in House Leadership, having been elected the House Majority Whip. Also, I will be chairing the House Military...

With a just a phone line and Internet access, a student anywhere in Alaska can now earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in fisheries at the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. The school offers the only Bachelor of Arts...

A Kwethluk man missing for six days has been found deceased, said the Alaska State Troopers. On 1/15/2015 Ground searchers found Andrew Andrew deceased in the vicinity of the Kwethluk Airport. On 1/9/2015 the Alaska State Troopers (AST) received a...

Alaska Marine Lines, Inc. changed the name of its Western Alaska service from Northland Services to Alaska Marine Lines. The name change results from the integration of Northland Services into Alaska Marine Lines, one of the Lynden family of...

Last week Calista radio talk show regarding the regional tribal government had some opposition and some were for it. It’s a good way to dialogue many, many differences we have as individuals. Set aside our differences, we all have one common goal...

A long time ago our ancestors procured land and resources that today we know are rich in resources necessary for a nation to thrive, and our nation did thrive before contact and loss of more than half of our people to western diseases. In the...

Alaskan Congressman Don Young was sworn into office today (Jan. 12th) to begin his 22nd term as Alaska’s sole Member in the United States House of Representatives. In the 114th Congress, Congressman Young will once again serve as a senior member...

Johnny Evan of Napaskiak and Tuntutuliak is this year’s winner of the 65-mile Akiak Dash – one of the sister races to the Kuskokwim 300 mid-distance race that starts and ends in Bethel with a turnaround in the upriver village of Akiak. His...

Everyone in the Bethel Regional High School WarriorDome was thrilled every time Taylor Hoffman and Steven Glasheen threw up shots, you can rest assured during this weekend’s basketball action. Hoffman and Glasheen shredded the Seahawks’ defense...

With a blanket of stars overhead and his team of nine dogs pulling him briskly along the Kuskokwim River toward Bethel, Pete Kaiser took a brief look over his shoulder and found himself staring at one of the best things he had ever seen. There was...

It took eight years, but Jackie Larson is king of the Bogus Creek 150 race again. The Napaskiak musher turned in a solid outing over the weekend en route to winning his second Bogus Creek 150 title. He completed race in 17 hours, 54 minutes and 25...