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Adventures on the Yukon and Kuskowim Rivers

June 25, 2022 0

by Greg Lincoln Last week we featured the Yukon/Kuskokwim adventure canoers 22 year old Thomas Dyment and 23 year old Luke Wenger from Bethel who paddled all the way from Fairbanks to Bethel via the […]

Adventurers take a river canoe trip from Fairbanks to Bethel

June 25, 2022 0

by Greg Lincoln Two Bethel men made an epic journey from Fairbanks to Bethel on a single canoe, traveling approximately 850 miles while paddling their way down the Tanana, Yukon, and Kuskokwim Rivers. Thomas Dyment […]

YKHC celebrates grand opening of Dr. Paul John Calricaraq hospital expansion project

June 13, 2022 0

by Greg Lincoln The hardworking leadership of the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation invited all the stakeholders, lenders, politicians, business partners, construction crews, designers, board members, staff, and community members to the grand opening celebration of […]

Alaska State Troopers launch online reporting statewide

June 25, 2022 0

Avoid long hold times or a drive to a local Trooper post by reporting certain crimes online. The Alaska State Troopers have launched a new crime reporting system that will allow Alaskans to submit information […]

YKHC coordinating rescue efforts for fire evacuees

June 25, 2022 0

Last week, as fire conditions of the East Fork tundra fire appeared poised to reach St. Mary’s and Pitka’s Point, it also began to threaten access to both the St. Mary’s and Mt. Village airports. […]

Sen. Murkowski announces 2022 Summer Interns

June 25, 2022 0

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski today (June 10th, 2022) announced the names of eleven interns and two intern coordinators who will work in her Washington, DC office this summer. These young Alaskans will get an up-close […]

The worst fire year we can remember

June 25, 2022 0

by Ned Rozell In a gorgeous warm May this year, we have not yet sniffed the bitter scent of flaming spruce. When we do, some of us will think back to a year that still […]

Calista Corporation announces final 2022 Proxy Prize Winners

June 25, 2022 0

More than 12,000 Shareholders Qualified for $17,000 in Proxy Prizes. Ten Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation Shareholders are final 2022 Online Regular and Regular proxy prize winners in the 48th Annual Meeting of Shareholders. More than 12,000 […]

Immediate threat to East Fork Fire communities has passed

June 25, 2022 0

by Alaska Wildland Fire Information Evacuation preparedness status is lifted. ST. MARY’S, Alaska – Activity on the East Fork and Apoon Pass fires has slowed due to favorable weather conditions and suppression operations. The fire […]

NPFMC, State and Federal decision makers fail to act, as some Alaska salmon runs at reach an all time low

June 25, 2022 0

by the SalmonState JUNEAU, AK: This week in Sitka, Alaska, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council failed to take action on Chinook and chum salmon bycatch, despite the pleas of a broad array of Alaskans […]

Tribes from Alaska’s Kuskokwim region file superior court appeal to protect salmon streams from massive gold mine

June 25, 2022 0

Orutsararmiut Native Council and the Native Village of Eek, Sovereign Tribal Governments from the Kuskokwim Region of Alaska, Challenge State’s Decision to Grant 12 Permanent Water Rights to World’s Largest Open Pit Gold Mine Project. […]

Why are we restricted from taking a single salmon, while factory trawlers are allowed to kill tens of thousands?

June 13, 2022 0

by Melanie Bahnke, Vivian Korthuis, Brian Ridley, Fred Phillip, Kevin Whitworth and Brooke Woods This was written by a coalition of Tribal Organizations that collectively represent over 100 federally recognized Tribes in Western and Interior […]

Tara for Alaska Campaign

June 25, 2022 0

Alaska, thank you. Ten weeks ago I answered the call from Alaskans and embarked on a campaign journey with an amazing team of dedicated volunteers. I stood before Alaskan voters ready to be judged on […]

Thank you Senator Murkowski! … Again!

June 25, 2022 0

This past week I did not have to go far to thank our US Senator for the instrumental work she did to bring tens of millions of dollars to our Region. Senator Murkowski is one […]

Doug Massie for Alaska

June 13, 2022 0

Newly retired head of Alaska State Wildlife Troopers, Doug Massie, has filed for Alaska State Senate Seat O. Senate District O was recently redrawn, and now covers a significant portion of the Northern Mat-Su Borough, […]

Alaska Military Youth Academy graduates 71 cadets

June 25, 2022 0

The Alaska Military Youth Academy will graduate 71 cadets from Class 2022-1 as part of its ChalleNGe program and celebrate more than 28 years of service to the State of Alaska, June 16, 2022. The […]

Remains found

June 25, 2022 0

On October 25, 2021, the Alaska State Troopers were notified by 59-year-old Fox resident Robert Bridges that his wife 65-year-old Fox resident Kimberly Bridges was missing from their home. Troopers began a thorough search for […]

Investigation in Akiak

June 25, 2022 0

A Tribal Police Officer contacted Alaska State Trooper dispatch on June 11, 2022 at about 4am, to report a death in the Community of Akiak. The deceased male, Nelson Jackson, 21 years old of Akiak, […]

Listen, then support — a new approach in Southeast Alaska is a long time in the works

June 13, 2022 0

by Mary Catharine Martin The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a new approach in Southeast Alaska: first listening to locals about what their community needs, then working to support those ideas. So when the department […]

Summer Living

Calista Corporation announces second round of 2022 Proxy Prizes Winners

June 13, 2022 0

Over Half of Eligible Shareholders Qualified for $17,500 in Prizes. Seven Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation Shareholders are winners of the regular Early Bird proxy prizes for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. All proxy prize winners […]

His 48th summer on top of the world

June 13, 2022 0

by Ned Rozell This June, George Divoky will refurbish a cabin that sits on a lonely gravel island north of Alaska. He was not planning a remodel this year. Sometime during the winter, a polar […]

Man Gets Kicked Out of Church- For Believing in Jesus!

June 25, 2022 0

by Tad Lindley Often times the truth is stranger than fiction, and this case is no different. The man had been blind from birth and to make a long story shorter, Jesus spat on the […]

Parenting Issues

June 25, 2022 0

by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: What are some of the most common parenting issues you have seen in your practice? Answer: Probably the most common parenting issue that I see is one parent sabotaging the […]

Our sacred land

June 25, 2022 0

by Peter Twitchell Who is teaching our kids about our sacred Tundra land, air, and sea? We the people are the stewards of this land to take care of it as we would an infant […]

Fish Camp Twice a Year? Only in the Millenium

June 25, 2022 0

by Tad Lindley By the time we got married, my father-in-law’s fish camp was about a half mile above Nick O. Nick, just past Emma Evon’s. The ground there had eroded so bad at Nick […]

K9 officers help detain man

June 13, 2022 0

A K9 team helped detain a man after he ran away from officers on the Sterling Highway. The Soldotna AST K-9 Team conducted a traffic stop on 6-4-2022 at 2022 hours on a 2016 silver Chevrolet […]

Troopers investigate death in village

June 13, 2022 0

Alaska State Troopers received a report from a tribal police officer on May 20, 2022 at 11:24 pm of a death in the village of Kipnuk. The deceased male was identified as John Paul, 30 […]

Murkowski continues push to address infant formula shortage

May 26, 2022 Comments Off

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) this week continued her efforts to mitigate the dangerous shortage of infant formula in the United States. First, Murkowski joined her colleagues in sponsoring the bipartisan Access to Baby Formula […]

Wading into the icy Yukon River for science

May 26, 2022 Comments Off

by Ned Rozell Snow geese flew in a ragged V overhead, rasping as they looked down upon Alaska’s bumpy face for the first time in 2022. Nine hundred feet below, the Yukon River flowed by […]

Fresh from the Tundra

May 4, 2022 Comments Off

Alaska Senate passes the Alaska Reads Act

April 25, 2022 Comments Off

The Alaska Senate today (April 12th, 2022) unanimously passed Senate Bill 111, an important effort to improve reading skills through increased accountability, well placed resources, and by recognizing that students must be ready to learn […]

Jordan Mark sentenced to 99 years for 10-year-old’s murder

June 25, 2022 0

Yesterday (June 13, 2022), a 20-year-old was sentenced to 99 years for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in the village of Quinhagak in 2020. Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Michael MacDonald sentenced Jordan Mark to […]

Man arrested

June 25, 2022 0

The Alaska State Troopers were notified on June 10, 2022, at 2:10 am, that 26-year-old Atmautluak resident Emmitt Paul provided alcohol to a toddler who was then brought to the village clinic. Paul then proceeded […]

Washington man arrested for enticing Bethel child

May 26, 2022 Comments Off

Investigators of the Alaska State Troopers working in conjunction with investigators from Homeland Security Investigations and the Spokane Police Department arrested 40-year-old Spokane, Washington resident Brian Kevin Powell on May 19, 2022. Mr. Powell was […]