The Delta Discovery

by Greg Lincoln Congratulations to our local champions Pete Kaiser, Matt Scott, and Greg Larson who won the K300, Bogus Creek 150, and the Akiak Dash Sled Dog Races this past weekend! And congratulations to […]

Welcome and wishing you the best

by Greg Lincoln Firstly, we would like to welcome all the teams who are here to race in the Kuskokwim 300, the Bogus Creek 150, and the Akiak Dash to Bethel, our Home – the […]

Finding courage in the New Year

by Greg Lincoln Welcome to 2020! A brand new decade is upon us and we are looking forward to whatever it may hold in store for us all. The changing of the year is also […]

Alaska Court System jury summons now sent by email

When Alaskans are summoned for jury service, they fill out and return a questionnaire that allows court personnel to qualify, defer, or excuse them from service. After historically sending these documents in the mail, the […]

Bethel PD calls for service for December 2019

The Bethel Police Department has released their calls for service report for the month of December 2019 as follows: There were approximately 1,386 calls for service the month of December, an increase of approximately 83 […]

Kaiser claims fifth K300 sled dog title

by Tommy Wells Pete Kaiser is making history by winning the world’s toughest sled dog races. On Sunday morning, the Bethel musher etched his name into Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race records by winning the […]

UA Board of Regents vapproves tuition increase

The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted to increase the amount undergraduate students pay for college tuition by 5 percent beginning in fall semester 2020, but directed the administration to invest $1.5 million of […]

Nordic Calista General Manager appointed

Calista Corporation appoints longtime employee of Nordic-Calista Services (“Nordic Calista”), Udo Cassee, to fill new role as General Manager. Udo fulfilled several management roles with Nordic Calista since he started with the company in 2003. […]

Bogus Creek 150 champion is Bethel’s Matt Scott

by Delta Discovery Staff The Bogus Creek 150 sled dog race has a new champion – congratulations to Matt Scott of Bethel! Scott, who is 40 years old, ran his Double Haul Kennel team up […]

Supporting mothers by expanding breastfeeding protections at work

by Sen. Murkowski Staff Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), joined by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), announced on January 9, 2020 the introduction of bipartisan legislation to provide salaried […]

What is wrong with introducing and enforcing prohibition?

by Andrew Boyscout Our elders do remember the days when mind altering drugs were not a part of life. Survival was the focus in every part of the lives of the people. Respect was a […]

My Incurable Addiction

by Charles Moses As I begin this article, it is now the 2nd day of the New Year, 2020. First off, as an introduction, I am an alcoholic and August 2019 marked the 30th year […]

Who is responsible?

It is the State that’s responsible for protecting our constitutional rights. It is the State officials duty to protect our speedy trial rights. I have seen many cases that get “continued” because the State did […]

Support Responsible Bethel Youth

I would like to commend and thank the youth who put together the informative radio ad concerning the negative consequences of the use of alcohol. It’s a very informative ad bringing out how it affects […]

Donlin Gold mine can never be a refuge

Anyone that has taken the time to read the full Donlin Environmental Impact Statement, EIS, and also understand the current permitting and regulation enforcement in this state and country will know that the proposed Donlin […]

AFN praises the passage National Defense Authorization Act

The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) congratulates U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan for his work on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Senator Lisa Murkowski and Congressman Don Young for voting in favor of passing […]

LifeMed Alaska flight makes emergency water landing in Unalaska

January 16, 2020: LifeMed Alaska announced this morning an incident in their King Air aircraft during takeoff from the Unalaska Airport at approximately 8:00am that resulted in an emergency water landing between the runway and […]

The State of Alaska to bring consistent 9-1-1 services to all Alaskans

by Dept. of Public Safety DPS Moves Forward with Wireless 9-1-1 Implementation and Consolidation of Emergency Communication Services. Two major initiatives, Wireless 9-1-1 and consolidation of emergency communication services, are underway to greatly improve law […]

Children need to be taken care of

by Peter Twitchell Where is the child support? The way I see it, mothers of young children are not seeing their child’s support payment each month consistently. The child or children are being neglected by […]

Sweet and Sour Meatball Soup

by Millie Bentley Greetings! Time for a crowd-favorite recipe. The recipe calls for ground pork – not breakfast sausage, just plain ground pork. (Any leftover fresh ground pork is really good in Pansit a dish […]

No Traffic Jams on the Second Mile

by Tad Lindley The fact that we were discussing it on a ship floating off the coast of Antarctica last week probably makes it the most famous traffic jam in the history of the world. […]

Good wishes for 2020

by Peter Twitchell As we begin down the road in 2020 help us to follow you. Open our hands and our hearts to receive this day as a special gift from you oh Lord. You […]

Sheldon Jackson Museum Alaska Native Artist Residency Program

The Sheldon Jackson Museum and Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum are pleased to announce the open call for Alaska Native artists to apply to the 2020 Native Artist Residency program. Three residency positions are available. […]

Nunavut Alaska Provisional Government Winter Meeting

To all members of the 56 Yukon Kuskokwim Tribal Governments and invited guests: This is an invitation to all of the leaders of the YK Delta for the winter meeting to be held at the […]

Update on outbreak of SARS-like novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to closely monitor an outbreak of a 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China that began in December 2019. An outbreak of pneumonia […]

Ice Fishing on New Years Day

Regulations for subsistence take of fish published in Federal Register

August 21, 2019 Comments Off

On August 12, 2019, the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) published the final rule for the Subsistence Management Regulations for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 Subsistence Taking of Fish in the Federal Register (84 FR 39744). This […]

Fresh Silver Salmon

August 14, 2019 Comments Off

Steven Smith, age 8, from Quinhagak caught his first silver salmon this morning from the Qanirtuuq River, August 8th, 2019.

The demise of Scotch Cap lighthouse

by Ned Rozell In spring of 1946, five men stationed at the Scotch Cap lighthouse had reasons to be happy. World War II was over. They had survived. Their lonely Coast Guard assignment on Unimak […]

World population expected at 7,621,018,958 on Jan. 1

by America Counts Staff As the nation rings in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the U.S. population will be 330,222,422 on Jan. 1, 2020. The nation starts the new decade with an […]

Guy appointed to Roads and Highways board

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced January 15, 2020 the appointments and reappointments to State of Alaska boards and commissions including the appointment of Andrew Guy of Anchorage to the Governor’s Advisory Board on Roads and […]

Man arrested for homicide

A man from Stony River was arrested regarding an incident involving the death of another man last month. Jason Bobby, 41, of Stony River, was arrested in Stony River following an arrest warrant with a […]

Children walk in subfreezing cold

December 11, 2019 Comments Off

The Alaska State Troopers received a request for a welfare check on two children in the Village of Venetie on 12/3/19. The request was based off of information received that two children arrived at a […]

Assault arrest

December 4, 2019 Comments Off

Alaska State Troopers received a report of a Domestic Violence assault in the village of Tuluksak on 11/15/2019 at approximately 1603 hours. Investigation revealed that Melissa Mike, age 29 of Tuluksak, assaulted a family member […]

Man arrested for post office burglary

November 27, 2019 Comments Off

Bethel AST received a report from the Kipnuk Tribal Police Officer (TPO) that they arrested Byron Dock 19, of Kipnuk after he was found inside the Kipnuk Post Office on 11-18-19 at approximately 0230 hours. […]

Lady Warriors rally for 4th at Delta tournament

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Regional High School Lady Warriors held North Pole to just one shot from the field in the first eight minutes of play on Saturday and rolled to an easy 45-23 […]

Warriors advance to finals of Dean Cummins tournament

by Tommy Wells The Bethel Regional High School Warriors went through a scoring drought in the second and third quarters on Saturday and the Delta Huskies took advantage of it. The Huskies outscored Bethel by […]

St. Mary’s, Unalakleet break into state polls

by Tommy Wells The St. Mary’s Eagles and the Unalakleet Wolfpack girls put themselves right where they wanted to be with solid showing last week. Both broke into the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches’ state […]

Elias Venes April 22, 1928 – Nov. 29, 2019

Elias Venes was born in Akiak, Alaska on April 22, 1928 to Joseph and Annie (Wassillie) Venes. He married Ruth Lindstrom on May 20, 1949(?). Together they had 10 daughters and three sons. After Ruth’s […]

Evan Ward Qirnaq Charlie

November 27, 2019 Comments Off

Evan Ward Qirnaq Charlie, son of Michael and Ida, was born on November 16, 1999 in Bethel, Alaska. Throughout his life he lived in Bethel, Anchorage, and Kongiganak. Evan graduated from high school in May […]

Antonia “Toni” Daria Evan

October 2, 2019 Comments Off

Antonia “Toni” was born on January 7, 1985 to Andrew John Evan and Olga Sarah Evan. She resided in Lower Kalskag and Anchorage, Alaska with her sisters Naomi Magdalene Evan, Charissa Paula, and Kimberly Ann. […]

State of Alaska District Court in Bethel December 19 – January 10

Judgments Alexandria Nicole Worm, 31 4th Degree Assault 1 Yr. Prob. Gary Scott Turner Jr., 38 4th Degree Assault 1 Yr. Prob. Simeon Charlie, 46 2nd Degree Harassment 1 Yr. Prob. Kevin Peter, 33 4th […]

State of Alaska District Court in Bethel December 19 – January 2

Judgments Myoung Keun Lee, 65 Driving Under the Influence $1500, 3 Days, 1 Yr. Prob. Frank Teddy Nelson, 33 4th Degree Assault 1 Yr. Prob. Stanley L. Amarok, 32 5th Degree Criminal Mischief 1 Yr. […]

State of Alaska District Court in Bethel December 12 – 26