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From The Editor

From The Editor

Thank You

September 19, 2018 0

by Greg Lincoln Today we celebrated the wedding of our son Mack to his beautiful bride Kaitlin. Our hearts are so full of love for the both of you and the happiness in your faces […]

From The Editor

A day of happiness

September 12, 2018 0

by Greg Lincoln To all, we are very pleased to announce the upcoming wedding of our son Mack to his bride-to-be Kaitlin Andrew. They will be wedded in holy matrimony on Sunday, September 16th, 2018 […]

From The Editor

A Familiar Place

September 6, 2018 0

by Greg Lincoln This past weekend we took a trip back to our roots, to our home village of Toksook Bay. This trip was everything we wanted it to be: familiar, homey, comforting, relaxing, therapeutic. […]

Inside Bethel News

Inside Bethel News

Bethel Fair showcases cultivations, creations

September 19, 2018 0

by K.J. Lincoln The Bethel Fair featured the first class of Bethel’s homemade creations, arts and crafts, photography, gardening, sewing, delicious pies, and stunning jams and jellies. Winning the People’s Choice Award out of 124 […]

Inside Bethel News

Zone 1 Moose Hunt RM615 Lower Kuskokwim portion of Unit 18 closed

September 12, 2018 0

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announces an Emergency Order closure of the resident moose season in Zone 1 of the RM615 Kuskokwim moose hunt. The State resident season for bull moose by registration […]

Inside Bethel News

Handicap ramps off limits to smokers says proposed ordinance

September 12, 2018 0

Smokers in Bethel often utilize the handicap access ramps on public buildings as a convenient spot to smoke, forcing individuals with a need for the ramp to have to inhale second-hand smoke. Now an ordinance […]

Village Telegraph

Village Telegraph

Red Black Berry Blue

September 19, 2018 0

Andrew Frye, 3 years old of Atmautluak picked red, black and blue berries at Nanvarnarrlak.

Village Telegraph

Federal and State agencies acknowledge harmful impacts of past bird harvest prohibitions

September 19, 2018 0

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) formally issued an apology to Alaska Native peoples for the unintended consequences of implementation of migratory bird harvest prohibitions. […]

Village Telegraph

First Moose Fall Harvest

September 12, 2018 0

10 year old Kenneth Canaar Carter of Eek had a successful hunting trip. He caught his first moose on September 1st.

Speak Your Mind

Speak Your Mind

Two recent decisions prove why we need the Stand for Salmon Ballot Measure 1

September 19, 2018 0

by Bob Shavelson In the lead-up to the Labor Day holiday weekend, when Alaskans were distracted with camping and hunting and fishing plans, our State government quietly issued two decisions which show exactly why we […]

Speak Your Mind

A Place by any Other Name

September 19, 2018 0

by Louie Andrew There was a notice of sorts some years back in the local newspaper (Tundra Drums) in spring concerning dogs having rabies or the possibility of rabies within the Bethel city limits. Rabies […]

Speak Your Mind

Salmon hatcheries support Alaskans, and feed the world

September 12, 2018 0

by Casey Campbell and Mike Wells When the Good Friday earthquake shook Alaska in 1964, the damage wasn’t confined to buildings and homes. In some coastal areas, the land and ocean floor were uplifted dramatically […]

In our Native Land

In our Native Land

The Salmon State: “Surfing the salmon wave” in Bristol Bay Habitat diversity produces salmon diversity — and well-nourished predators

September 19, 2018 0

by Mary Catharine Martin By mid-August Bristol Bay’s river systems are choked with fish, but early July, when most of the bay’s sockeye salmon are fighting their way in from the sea, is another story. […]

In our Native Land

Arctic ground squirrels go to bed early

September 6, 2018 0

by Ned Rozell Maybe she has the right idea, the arctic ground squirrel. Sniffing the chilly air, looking up to see the first stars of the season, she has decided to check out. A few […]

In our Native Land

State urges Supreme Court to stop federal regulation of State Waterways

August 22, 2018 0

The State of Alaska today (Aug. 14th, 2018) in an amicus brief urged the U.S. Supreme Court in Sturgeon v. Frost to uphold state management of state navigable waterways and overturn the Ninth Circuit Court […]

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Gold

September 19, 2018 0

It is becoming evident that mining for gold or other metals anywhere on this earth is bringing more destruction to the lands, water, people and nature. This is all coming out into the open and […]

Letters to the Editor

Toksook Bay Blackberry Festival Thanks

September 12, 2018 0

The Toksook Bay 20th Annual Blackberry Festival was a success this year. This success was due to generous contributions by North Star Gas, NYC, Calista Corporation, Donlin Gold, YKHC, AVCP Inc, and AVEC. We would […]

Letters to the Editor

Thank you for your support

September 6, 2018 0

The family of Darlene Margaret “Goosh-Goosh” Cole would like to thank the following people and businesses for the support and donations during our loss of our loved one: BJ Hoffman, Travis Dostert, The Moses family-Floyd […]

Delta lifestyles

Delta Lifestyles

New Totem Pole on Prince of Wales Island honors Alaska’s veterans

September 12, 2018 0

by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel The west coast of Prince of Wales Island swelled with veterans, friends and family members who gathered to partake in a three-day celebration culminating with a totem pole raising […]

Delta Lifestyles

The Salmon State: Upriver during a record year at Bristol Bay

August 29, 2018 0

by Mary Catharine Martin As fishermen leave Dillingham and canneries shut down, the Wood River system in the Bristol Bay watershed brims with sockeye salmon. The second week of August, I got to spend several […]

Delta Lifestyles

Northern snowshoe hares eat lots of dirt

August 29, 2018 0

by Ned Rozell The evidence is in: Snowshoe hares near Wiseman eat lots of dirt. “I have thousands and thousands of photos of hares eating soil in this one little spot,” said Donna DiFolco, a […]

Delta Fishin’ Report

Delta Fishin’ Report

Yukon Whitefish

August 8, 2018 0

This large Yukon Whitefish is almost as big as Louisa Nickoli of Russian Mission. The fish was caught and photographed with Louisa on June 3rd, 2018.

Delta Fishin’ Report

Kuskokwim salmon fishing update

August 1, 2018 0

This is an announcement from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Bethel for subsistence fishermen in the Kuskokwim Area. This subsistence fishery announcement was supported by the Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Group at […]

Delta Fishin’ Report

Kuskokwim Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Report

July 26, 2018 0

by Mary Peltola July 16, 2018 The 2018 customary fishing season in the lower portion of the Kuskokwim is winding down for most fish camps. While many families are waiting for the Silver Salmon (Coho) […]

Sports

Sports

Phelan powers Bethel to Warrior Invitational title

September 19, 2018 0

by Tommy Wells If anyone questioned Thomas Phelan’s rise to the top of the state’s cross country scene as a reality, they officially received their answer on Saturday afternoon. The answer they got was simple: […]

Sports

Blackberry Invitational Cross Country Race results

September 6, 2018 0

by K.J. Lincoln Lambert Kairaiuak of Chefornak is the 2018 Blackberry Cross Country Race champion for the high school division. He raced up the Toksook Bay hills and back completing the 5K course in 24 […]

Sports

Bethel’s first Mud Volleyball Tournament results

August 29, 2018 0

A total of seven teams played in the first ever Bethel Mud Volleyball Tournament last Saturday at the Sand Pit, which was a fundraiser for the Bethel Volunteer Emergency Services Association (BVESA). A playing field […]

Heard it in the Steam House

Heard it in the Steam House

Free spay, neuter, vaccinations for pets

August 22, 2018 0

Alaska Native Rural Veterinary, Inc. is holding a free spay, neuter, vaccination and wellness exam clinic at the Community Centers in Napakiak on August 22 and Napaskiak August 23, and Tuluksak on August 24 at […]

Heard it in the Steam House

Future Delta Nurses Fund

August 8, 2018 0

by BCSF Staff Bethel Community Services Foundation is excited to announce the addition of the Future Delta Nurses Fund to our growing lineup of funds. BCSF and its funds are dedicated to community growth and […]

Heard it in the Steam House

Donlin Gold helps Green Star remove thousands of pounds of hazardous waste

August 1, 2018 0

Donlin Gold teamed up with Green Star this summer to collect almost 30,000 pounds of hazardous material and special wastes from five villages that were safely transported back to Anchorage for recycling or disposal. The […]

Hairy Man – Big Foot Stories

Hairy Man

Berry pickers spy Bigfoot

July 26, 2018 0

by K.J. Lincoln On Saturday, August 3rd, 2013, a family from Bethel witnessed a very tall, black colored creature walking upright while they were out picking berries. The family of three – the dad and […]

Hairy Man

Hairy Man tracks along the Kisaralik River

July 26, 2018 0

by Delta Discovery staff The Kisaralik and Kasigluk rivers snake through the tundra together from the Kuskokwim River and make their way to the Kuskokwim and Kilbuck mountains. Hairy Man people, or Bigfoots, and/or their […]

Hairy Man

Hairy Man sighted in Napakiak

July 25, 2018 0

by Delta Discovery staff In late April 2013, a worker at the Napakiak village corporation was just taking a look outside the 2nd story window of the building during the early afternoon hours, when she […]











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