Crime
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 […]
Day: January 22, 2020
Delta Lifestyles
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 […]
Classifieds
Cop Shop
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 […]
Chasing the Ambulance
Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending January 17
• On 1-10-20 at 11:30 a.m. medics responded to City Sub for a person seeing a dot in his vision. Patient assessed and transported to the hospital. • On 1-10-20 at 10:42 p.m. medics responded […]
In our Native Land
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 […]
Inside Bethel News
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 […]
Heard it in the Steam House
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 […]
Heard it in the Steam House
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 […]
Sports
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 […]
Sports
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 […]
Sports
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 […]
Village Telegraph
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. […]
In our Native Land
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 […]
Heard it in the Steam House
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. […]
Village Telegraph
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 […]
Contributors
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. […]
Delta Lifestyles
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 […]
Delta Lifestyles
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 […]
Village Telegraph
Kuskokwim Ice Road & All Known Open Water Now Marked
Good job and a big thanks to the Lower Kalskag Tribal Transportation Crew for their good work on the river. Photo courtesy of Mark Leary/Napaimute
Inside Bethel News
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 […]
Contributors
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 […]
Contributors
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 […]
Letters to the Editor
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 […]
Speak Your Mind
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 […]
Village Telegraph
Larson wins Akiak Dash sprint race
by Delta Discovery Staff Greg Larson of Napaskiak has won the 2020 Akiak Dash Sled Dog Race! The Akiak Dash is one of three featured races during the Kuskokwim 300 race weekend in Bethel, which […]
Village Telegraph
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 […]
Inside Bethel News
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 […]
From The Editor
Kuskokwim 300 Race Weekend
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 […]