Summer Living

The Salmon State: Wild fish in wild places Hunting for fish in Alaska’s steelhead-bearing rivers and streams

by Mary Catharine Martin For most people, steelhead — sea-run rainbow trout — are “the fish of 10,000 casts.” To catch them, you stand waist-deep in a spring-melt river, growing numb with cold as you […]

Letters to the Editor

AVCP Bethel Head Start Class of 2018 Thanks

The AVCP Bethel Head Start Class of 2018 would like to thank Calista, Alaska Commercial Co., Swanson’s, Bethel Native Corp., YK Delta Lifesavers, Subway, OTNC and everyone for all their donations towards Graduation. Lorli Crow […]

Inside Bethel News

Councilman Shabani resigned

The City of Bethel posted a Notice of Vacancy in Office on Thursday, May 10, 2018 due to the resignation of council member Naim Shabani. On May 8, 2018, the Bethel City Council accepted Council […]

Inside Bethel News

Local Option Petition certified

On Monday April 30, the City Clerk’s Office certified a Local Option Petition contained more than the required 248 qualifying signatures to present the following local option question to the voters: Question 1 Shall the […]

Village Telegraph

2018 St. Mary’s Community Clean Up

by Eric Alstrom I would like to say a very big “Thank you!” to our youth litter patrollers (40), youth supervisors (7), and adult volunteers (9) that put in their own time to clean up […]

Classifieds

For Sale

Hitzer Amish built woodstoves. UHMW Plastic sled runners. 543-2379. (11)(3/1-cnx) FOR SALE 300 Gallon Plastic Water Tanks in stock. Call Shorty at Shorty’s Shop for pricing. 543-3158 or 545-3157 (19)(9/18-cnx) 18’ SSV Lund with 60 […]

Heard it in the Steam House

Pinky’s Park Clean Up a success

The Pinky’s Park Cleanup effort on June 2 was a success! “More than 80 people volunteered to clean up the park,” wrote Michelle DeWitt of Bethel Community Services Foundation. “We had hot dogs and buns […]

Village Telegraph

Akiak residents clean up the litter

The Akiak Native Community IGAP sponsored their village’s 2018 Clean Up Green Up project this year. They sent this photo of the participants in front of the community building before they started picking up litter […]

Contributors

Psyching Out People

by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: Are psychologists really able to tell a person all about themselves just by being around them for a few minutes? In other words, are psychologists able to psych people out? […]

Delta Fishin’ Report

Kuskokwim River Salmon Fishery Announcement

by ADFG Staff This is an announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) in Bethel for subsistence fishermen in the Kuskokwim Area. Subsistence fishing will be allowed on the Kuskokwim River mainstem […]

Contributors

Black Bean Soup ala Jacques

by Millie Bentley Greetings! One of my very favorites for when you need something healthy and good is Jacques Pepin’s black bean soup. I found this recipe in an old issue of Food and Wine. […]

From The Editor

Cherished memories

by Greg Lincoln Our backyard has been full of our little wild Alaskan songbirds visiting our birdfeeders. Their sweet singing, chirping, and occasional squabbles make us smile. So far we’ve been visited by black-capped chickadees, […]

Contributors

Singing for 68 Years

by Peter Twitchell There’s something about singing, I’ve been singing since 1966. Before that, I was singing along with everyone in church. You can say I’ve had a song in my heart for 68 years! […]

Village Telegraph

Nelson Island Smelt

It was a great day for fishing for Logan Charles of Toksook Bay who went dipnetting for smelt on the Tununak River last Saturday, June 2nd. He dipped his net in and pulled out this […]