The Delta Discovery, Inc.

by Greg Lincoln Mixed 6 volleyball has returned to the court after a yearlong gap due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Alaska Coastal Conference. The Toksook Bay Islanders Mixed 6 volleyball team is the […]

First land allotments granted to Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans

by Greg Lincoln On November 4th, 2021 history was made as the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Land Management completed the first federal land allotments under the Alaska Native Vietnam-era […]

Official results for REAA Elections

by Greg Lincoln Thank you to all of the candidates who ran for a school board seat. The State of Alaska conducted the REAA elections on October 5, 2021 for the purpose of electing local […]

Calista Corporation extends CARES application deadline

Over $7.8 million going to eligible shareholders who already applied. Calista Corporation celebrates the success of its CARES Act Tribal relief fund financial assistance program. Six weeks after launching, over 24,000 or 72 percent of […]

2021 #BethelGives Campaign

by Bethel Community Services Foundation Bethel Community Services Foundation announces the beginning of the 2021 #BethelGives Campaign, sponsored by Bethel Community Services Foundation and ten local nonprofit organizations. This year we have more amazing thank […]

Council approves to accept grant for Fitness Center gym and track

A City of Bethel action memorandum No. 21-36 to accept and approve the FY 2022 State of Alaska, Designated Legislative Grant, approved by the 32nd Legislature for the Design of the Yukon Kuskokwim Fitness Center […]

“The Blessing of the Cold”

by Bethel Search and Rescue 11.18.21 BSAR Kuskokwim River Aerial Survey-Report 2021-05* * Summary: For the past several years BSAR has been scheduling our first aerial freeze up survey of the Kuskokwim River on November […]

Calista Education and Culture, Inc. publishes book about Ircenrraat

For over 20 years, the Calista Education and Culture, Inc. (CECI) research team has been interviewing Yukon-Kuskokwim Region Elders about their traditional knowledge and publishing books based on those interviews. During many of CECI’s discussions […]

TKC creates a brighter future for Shareholders through initiatives

The Kuskokwim Corporation is entering the final phase of its Brighter Future Project. The program is bringing energy efficient lighting to the corporation’s Shareholders. As the final step, TKC is sending LED light bulbs to […]

Honoring the ancestors who have stewarded our lands since time immemorial

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today (Nov. 19th, 2021) formally established a process to review and replace derogatory names of the nation’s geographic features. She also declared “squaw” to be a derogatory term and […]

The Alaska Redistricting Board’s last-minute gerrymandering failed Alaska

by Senator Tom Begich Given the opportunity to create a fair legislative map for Alaska, the Chair and a majority of the Alaska Redistricting Board instead chose a radical direction in the last two days […]

Tribal Citizens voice strong opposition to Donlin Gold in recent Orutsararmiut Native Council Survey

Orutsararmiut Native Council (ONC) Tribal Members and other Yukon-Kuskokwim region residents are opposed to the proposed Donlin mine by a wide margin, according to a survey conducted this summer by ONC: 76% opposed the project, […]

Snow has Arrived – Have Fun

Snow has arrived in Alaska. And, with this volume of snow, you now have an opportunity to conduct some fun experiments with snow, make frozen bubbles and make a delicious treat. SOME WAYS TO EXPERIMENT […]

Thank you to our Veterans and their Families

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released the following statement in honor of Veterans Day: On Veterans Day, we express how grateful we are to all who served in America’s armed forces, and for the sacrifices […]

World Kindness Day

On Saturday, November 13, people around the world will celebrate World Kindness Day. World Kindness Day was founded in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement (WKM) with the pledge to “join together to build a […]

Listening to the voices of killer whales

by Ned Rozell In the deep blue ocean just off the coast of Alaska, killer whales are now communicating with one another with clicks and whistles. Scientists are hearing them. Hannah Myers has listened to […]

Public Safety Academy graduates 25 New Law Enforcement Officers

ALET Session #21-02 includes eleven Alaska State Troopers, as well as recruits from several city, state, and borough police agencies. Graduating recruits completed more than 1,000 hours of training over the course of 16 weeks […]

Shorebirds depend on wee slivers of Alaska

by Ned Rozell Pencil-beaked shorebirds with the ability to stay airborne for a week — flying all the way from Alaska to New Zealand — rely on a few crescents of mudflat to fuel that […]

Life of a sockeye

October 14, 2021 Comments Off

by Bjorn Dihle On July 22nd, news broke that Bristol Bay was having its biggest sockeye salmon return since recordkeeping began in 1893. More than 63 million sockeye had returned to the bay’s different watersheds […]

The Salmon State — An early fall trip to Hasselborg Lake

October 14, 2021 Comments Off

by Mary Catharine Martin Four years ago this August, my partner Bjorn and I flew into Admiralty Island’s Hasselborg Lake. We fought through thick blueberry bushes and swarms of flies, angled our way up a […]

Beavers not always to blame for fever

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by Ned Rozell Years ago, I worked for a hunting guide on a river in the middle of Alaska. One of my duties was to drive a motorized canoe full of moose meat upstream to […]

Thanksgiving

by Tad Lindley We tend to think of Thanksgiving as a modern American holiday. It’s not. If you attended public schools, you may have been taught that the first Thanksgiving involved the English speaking Pilgrims […]

Judgmental Attitude

by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: I don’t have a question to respond to, but I have had many people ask about the dry-drunk syndrome. So, over the last three weeks and today, I have written […]

Dedication to the station

by Peter Twitchell In the 24 years I worked at the KYUK radio station there were two notable radio engineers who came to KYUK. There were a few of them throughout the years, but Bob […]

The Dry Drunk Syndrome – Impulsivity

by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: I don’t have a question to respond to, but I have had many people ask about the dry-drunk syndrome. So, over the next few weeks, I will delve into each […]

Bus 142 to embark on final journey

by Ned Rozell In a cavernous room within the university’s new engineering building, a bus squats on four flat tires. In this place, the 1946 International Harvester model K-5 looks small, for maybe the first […]

Human remains found and identified

October 14, 2021 Comments Off

The Alaska State Troopers received a report of human skeletal remains found on a small uninhabited island near Craig and Klawock on August 2, 2021. AST responded via the PV Gow’tukan to the area where […]

Connie Boochever Artist Fellowship and AK Literary Awards grants open

October 14, 2021 Comments Off

Applications are now open for the 2021 Connie Boochever Artist Fellowships and the 2021 Alaska Literary Awards. The Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation, in partnership with the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA), is […]

Far-north permafrost cliff is one of a kind

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by Ned Rozell In northern Alaska, an amphitheater of frozen ground thaws where a northern river cuts into it, exposing walls of ice. The feature, known by scientists as “yedoma,” is the largest of its […]

Wild Geese

October 21, 2021 Comments Off

by Brad Cole I could feel the cold autumn fog blanketing the forest surrounding the village of Tuluksak. Its icy fingers firmly gripped the dried, dusty trees, but the heavy mist was being slowly blown […]

Jayne Hanna named to Dean’s List at Biola University

October 21, 2021 Comments Off

Jayne Hanna of Mekoryuk and Bethel was named to Biola University’s Dean’s List (in La Mirada, CA) for academic excellence. Hanna, a Mathematics major, was one of more than 1,800 students who were named to […]

Bethel man arrested for bank robbery

Bethel Police Communications received a report of a bank robbery on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at approximately 11:00am from the AlaskaUSA Federal Credit Union within the Alaska Commercial grocery store at 135 Ridgecrest. Officers responded […]

Arrest made in Akiachak

The Alaska State Troopers received a report on October 16, 2021, at approximately 1500 hours, that a teacher in Akiachak had sexually abused a juvenile. Troopers responded to Akiachak and investigated the allegations. Upon further […]

“Horseshoe Harriet” Timeline of Events

October 29, 2021 Comments Off

In October 1983, Alaska State Troopers arrested suspected serial killer Robert Hansen. At the time, he was suspected of murdering four women, whose bodies had been discovered in Southcentral Alaska between 1980 and 1983. He […]

Alaska man arrested on federal charges for threatening U.S. Senators

October 14, 2021 Comments Off

A Delta Junction, Alaska, man was arrested Monday in Fairbanks on criminal charges related to his alleged threats against U.S. Senators. The charging documents were filed on October 1, 2021, and have now been unsealed. […]

Tuntutuliak hosts wrestling invitational