The Delta Discovery, Inc.

by Greg Lincoln The Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race is happening this weekend, starting on Friday January 28th, 2022. We have 16 contestants signed up for this year, the 43rd running of the K300 – […]

Kuskokwim winter river adventure

by Greg Lincoln For the past few days we have been venturing out on the Kuskokwim River to see if anyone was ice fishing for pike or working on their set nets. Quyana to the […]

Bethel Warriors split wins with Tanana Wolves

by Greg Lincoln The Bethel Warrior boys hosted the Tanana Wolves on Friday night, January 7th, 2022 – the first game played at the WarriorDome since March 2020. Excited fans cheered for the return of […]

Blanchett named USA fellow

On January 26, United States Artists (USA), a Chicago-based arts funding organization that has awarded more than $36 million to artists across the country since 2006, will announce its 2022 class of Fellows. This year, […]

SouthWest Alaska Arts Group

A new day in the Bethel Arts Community. Please welcome the newly created SouthWest Alaska Arts Group (SWAAG). It has taken over 15 years for the Bethel Council on the Arts and the Kuskokwim Art […]

Changes for Covid mitigation during the 2022 K300

by K300 Staff With the arrival of the omicron variant on the YK Delta in recent weeks, the K300 Race Committee has once again been forced to make a series of difficult decisions to support […]

Calista Corporation to hold Annual Meeting on June 3, 2022

Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation announces the date for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The meeting will be held June 3, 2022. A majority of shares, known as a quorum, must be cast for the meeting […]

A Trip on the Tundra Explorer: An Alaskan Adventure Story

Kwigillingok teacher Jacob Deskins recently released his new book, A Trip on the Tundra Explorer: An Alaskan Adventure Story. The story is about a 4th grade student meeting his teacher for the first time. Sean, […]

Registration open for the 2022 Akiak Dash

The 2022 Akiak Dash will begin with a mass start on the Kuskokwim River on Saturday, January 29th at 2pm. Registration is required and must be submitted by Thursday, January 27th. Mushers can register at […]

The Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribal Consortium: Protecting the Ecosystems of the Tundra and Seas

by the 118 Tribes in Western and Interior Alaska The Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribal Consortium (AYK TC) is calling on the Department of the Interior (DOI) and Department of Commerce (DOC) to work with us on the […]

Court blocks OSHA Vaccine Requirement

by the Alaska Department of Law The U.S. Supreme Court today (January 13th, 2022) blocked a Biden Administration regulation that would force 84 million American workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or face weekly testing. […]

We shouldn’t give away our wealth to corporations at the expense of Alaskans

You deserve a better future. Alaska can do better than saying we can’t afford good schools, police in communities that don’t have any at all, or opportunity for this and the next generation. A bright […]

A Message of Reflection on MLK Day

In light of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) shared the following message: When we reflect on what matters to us as Americans—things like equality, freedom, justice—it’s hard to forget the […]

Submissions from Alaska Artists For 2022 Alaska Biennial Exhibition needed

Alaska artists may submit artworks until June 27, 2022, for inclusion in Alaska Biennial 2022, an exhibition of contemporary art produced in Alaska. Organized by the Anchorage Museum under various titles and forms for more […]

January 6 Anniversary

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the attack at the United States Capitol: Today marks one year since the U.S. Capitol was stormed by a mob incited […]

Blown back to Alaska, bird perseveres

December 15, 2021 Comments Off

by Ned Rozell A bar-tailed godwit recently arrived in New Zealand on its second attempt to get there from Alaska, after a storm had blasted it back north. Keith Woodley of the Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird […]

Alaska Native Communities awarded 2.5 GHz spectrum licenses

December 15, 2021 Comments Off

The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau today (Oct. 29, 2021) granted twenty additional 2.5 GHz spectrum licenses to serve Alaskan Native communities. To date, 292 applications received through last year’s FCC Rural Tribal Priority Window have […]

Doyon announces Doyon Settlement Trust Distribution

December 14, 2021 Comments Off

Today (Nov. 20th, 2021), the Doyon Settlement Trustees approved the Doyon Settlement Trust (DST) distribution amount of $14.25 per unit, or $1,425 per 100 units based on FY21 performance. This distribution is scheduled to be […]

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

September 2, 2021 Comments Off

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 […]

Man Tells His Knee, “What’s Wrong With You? Loser!”

by Tad Lindley My left knee bothers me quite a bit lately. I have no one to blame but me. I ran to the airport from the house with my Georgia Boot shoes on and […]

Talking to Yourself

by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: Are people who talk to themselves crazy? I do it all the time, and my husband thinks it’s weird. Answer: Previously, I had heard that more intelligent people talk to […]

Childhood lessons

by Peter Twitchell I was a boy of 7 to 8 years old when I was visiting with my cousin Joe Woods Jr. at Grandma Hannah’s fish camp up the “Straight Slough” upriver from Bethel […]

My Donald Trump Food Box

by Tad Lindley A good gift meets some criteria. The gift is sacrificial. It costs the giver significant time or money. It is personal to the recipient. A great gift has involved much planning. And […]

Cold Case: Idaho man indicted for 1985 Anchorage murder

An Anchorage grand jury has indicted an Idaho man on one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder for the May 28, 1985, death of Jawed Ahmed. Eric Lane Jones, 56, is […]

Calista Corporation allocates remaining CARES Act Funds

by Calista Corporation Staff Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation has coordinated the remaining CARES Act Tribal Relief funds to provide meaningful impact to Shareholders in the YK Region—through food security, ice roads—and to those experiencing homelessness. In […]

Bethel Kids Vote results

The City of Bethel asked the youth of our community to help decide where to put playground equipment for 5-8 year olds and during the week of December 13th, 2021 the youth of Bethel voted. […]

51 Years for the Warriors

Mae Hoffman of Bethel wears her husband Raymond’s vintage Bethel Regional High School letterman sweater from 1971 at the homegames on Saturday night. Mae was a cheerleader for BRHS. Cheering with her is Lucy Crow […]

Listening to the voices of killer whales

December 23, 2021 Comments Off

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 […]

Time to apply for 2022 Individual Artist Awards

December 23, 2021 Comments Off

Rasmuson Foundation is accepting applications for the 2022 Individual Artist Awards (IAA). Online applications will be accepted through March 1, 2022; paper applications must be delivered or postmarked by Feb. 14. In addition to individual […]

Bethel man arrested for bank robbery

November 23, 2021 Comments Off

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

November 10, 2021 Comments Off

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. […]

Bethel Warriors host home games with Aniak and Kodiak

The WarriorDome was busy with basketball on the court on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 21-22, 2022 with boys and girls teams visiting from Aniak and Kodiak. The Lady Warriors varsity team won both of their […]

Bethel Warriors host home games with Aniak and Kodiak

January 21, 2022 0

The WarriorDome was busy with basketball on the court on Friday night with boys and girls teams visiting from Aniak and Kodiak. The Aniak Lady Halfbreeds played the Bethel Lady Warrior JV team, Aniak won […]

New date set for the 2022 Bogus Creek 150

The 2022 Bogus Creek 150 was originally scheduled to start this Saturday, January 15th. Last week we announced the difficult decision to postpone the race due to a long stretch of poor weather and trail […]

Slamtastic Volleyball Tournament photos

October 22, 2021 Comments Off

Bethel Regional High School. Friday, October 22, 2021.

BRHS hosts Bethel Wrestling Scramble at the WarriorDome

October 15, 2021 Comments Off

Elementary, junior high, and high school wrestlers are getting out on the mats for Bethel’s first home wrestling meet of the season. Teams from the region traveled to the WarriorDome to compete Friday, October 15th-16th, […]

Bethel Regional High School Invitational Volleyball Tournament

September 17, 2021 Comments Off

September 17, 2021 The Bethel Warriors are hosting a volleyball tournament this Friday and Saturday. Teams from Hooper Bay, Valdez, Hutchinson (Fairbanks), and Anchorage Christian Schools converged at the WarriorDome for two days of volleyball […]

Mary Chikoyak

Mary “Aassten” (Menegak) Chikoyak, 79, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2021, at the Alaska Native Medical Center. On Friday, December 10, 2021, her funeral service was held at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church […]

Henry E. Ivanoff

December 23, 2021 Comments Off

Henry E. Ivanoff passed away in the comforts of his home in Mekoryuk. He was born to Caroline Jones and Mischa Ivanoff at Nash Harbor on Nunivak Island on February 10, 1935. Following the passing […]

James Angalgaq Nicholai

December 23, 2021 Comments Off

James Angalgaq Nicholai was born on June 27, 1942, in Nalqigliq near Luumarvik to Qakvaralria Charlie and Culuk’aq Julia Nicholai. He grew up with his brothers Andrew Nicholai Sr., John Nicholai Sr., Peter Nicholai, Henry […]

State of Alaska District Court in Bethel January 12 – 19

Judgments Cara Otto, 29 4th Degree Assault, Driving Under the Influence 4 Yrs. Prob. $10,000; 4 Mos. Clarence James, 34 2nd Degree Escape 3 Yrs. Jamie Jenkins, 39 2nd Degree Harassment 1 Yr. Prob. Lorena […]

State of Alaska District Court in Bethel January 10 – 13

Judgments Ronda Hurd, 26 Alcohol Beverages Transported by Common Carrier $250 Ravin Ohman, 21 1st Degree Indecent Exposure 2 Yrs., 7 Yrs. Prob. James Richard Rogers, 33 4th Degree Assault 3 Yrs. Prob. Isaiah Alexie, […]

State of Alaska District Court in Bethel December 20 – January 7

Judgments Gabriel William Stone III, 30 Possess Child Pornography 8 Yrs., 5 Yrs. Prob. Bessie Jojean M. Charlie, 27 5th Degree Criminal Mischief 1 Yr. Prob. Tasha Moore, 29 Alcohol Beverages Transported By $250 Nicole […]

Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending January 10

• On 1-7-22 at 10:52 A.M., Medics responded to the report of a person having a behavioral health episode. • On 1-7-22 at 12:48 P.M., Firefighters responded to the report of an automated alarm activation. […]

Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending January 6

• On 12-30-21 10:59 A.M., Medics responded to the report of a person having behavioral health issues. • On 12-30-21 at 5:53 P.M., Medics responded to the report of a person that is too weak […]

Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending December 31