by Vickie Turner Malone Dr. Jill Seaman landed in South Sudan for Doctors Without Borders in 1989, during a huge infectious disease epidemic. When that organization left, Dr. Seaman moved to Old Fangak in 2000, […]
by Bethel Community Services Foundation Staff In its first year of grant making, Bethel Community Services Foundation’s YK & Northwest Arctic Health Fund supported two health-related projects, one in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and one in […]
by Tommy Wells Fiona Phelan and Bethe Hensley both raced their way to top 30 performances on Saturday and helped the Bethel Regional High School Lady Warriors sprint to a fourth-place finish at the West […]
The Bethel City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution protesting the issuance of a retail marijuana license to Alaska Grown Cannabis proposing to operate at 230 Tundra Way in Bethel. According to Resolution 19-09, […]
August 13, 2019: After negotiations with the Alaska House Republicans, Governor Michael J. Dunleavy announced that he plans to restore funding to Alaska’s Senior Benefits program, Pre-K and Head Start grants. The governor also approved […]
August 12, 2019 Juneau – Alaska State Ombudsman Kate Burkhart recently concluded an investigation of a complaint from a licensed foster parent about the way the Office of Children’s Services (OCS) changed the placement of […]
by Tad Lindley I knew what I needed to do, tap-tap, two shots in the chest and one in the head. The front sight dropped down between the rear sights. Forward on the right hand […]
The Annual Nunavut Alaska Provisional Government will be holding its Legislative Session on Monday, September 23rd, 2019 at the Alaska Bible Seminary Conference Room opening with registration at 8:00 pm and officially beginning the meeting […]
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 […]
Life happens. Whether we want it to or not, it happens. There is no going around it, no speeding up the things we want to, or slowing down the things we’d like. It goes at […]
by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: Recently, as I stood in line at an airport terminal, I observed a child probably 3 years old whining for something from his mother. Finally, the whining turned to hitting […]
A Fairbanks-based Alaska Wildlife Trooper contacted Ashton Hicks, age 26 of Fort Wainwright on 08/17/19. Investigation revealed Hicks shot a caribou on 08/11/19 in GMU25C and failed to salvage the caribou as required. Additionally, Hicks brought […]
A local commercial airline in Nome contacted Nome AST to report bottles of alcohol were found in a passenger’s baggage checked for Shaktoolik on 8/8/19 at about 0900 hours. Contact was made with a 54 year […]
Judgments Alvin Foss, 28 Disorderly Conduct 1 Yr. Prob. Ramona Olson, 51 4th Degree Assault 60 Days Vasily Olick, 20 Contributing to the Delinquincy Of a Minor 6 Mos., 1 Yr. Prob. Paul Chief Jr., […]
by Peter Twitchell On July 1957 I was walking along the Kuskokwim River just a half a mile upriver from the Old Airport across the river from Orutsararmiut of Bethel as the Moravian missionaries named […]
by Ned Rozell Alaska had been a state for one year in 1960 when its department of fish and game conducted a wolf-planting experiment on Coronation Island in southeast Alaska. At the time, the remote […]
by John “Chris” Maisch After enjoying three years of relatively quiet summer wildfire seasons, Alaska was overdue for a big one. As most by now are keenly aware, 2019 more than filled the bill. In […]
by Millie Bentley Greetings. Here is another salmon recipe. Can you take it? Actually this was published in 1992 and 2000, but I thought it should be published again. It’s Margaret Eubank’s recipe that she […]
by Greg Lincoln Sometimes during the onset of grief it seems like the weather knows what you are going through and feeling and it becomes part of your grieving. The wind may pick up, the […]
• On 08-09-19 at 5:39 p.m., medics responded to Front Street for the report of an intoxicated person. The patient was assessed and transported to the hospital. • On 08-10-19 at 12:43 a.m., medics responded […]
by Mary Catharine Martin From the Koyukuk River, to the Kuskokwim, to Norton Sound, to Bristol Bay’s Igushik River, unusually warm temperatures across Alaska this summer led to die-offs of unspawned chum, sockeye, and pink […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to the report of a man stuck in a hole following a disturbance at a Kasilof Residence on 08/18/2019 at approximately 0109 hours. The male was extricated from the hole without […]
Ballot proposition items adopted The Bethel City Council voted to adopt both Ordinance 19-15 for the alcohol local option petition and Ordinance 19-16 for the marijuana local option petition. The items passed 5-0. They will […]
by RurAL CAP Staff Following Governor Dunleavy’s early education funding restoration announcement, Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (RurAL CAP) celebrates the success of advocacy efforts and promotes the preservation of existing funding allocations for […]
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