by Cheryl Heitman Q & A with Joshua Branstetter & his daughter, Ellie…who likes to mention that she touched 500 year old dog poop This is a conversation about filming Alaska documentary, Children of the […]
by ONC Staff Tribes tell Donlin Shareholders they refuse to bear the Opportunity Cost of proposed giant mining development. (Vancouver, B.C.) In a strongly worded letter to shareholders in the Donlin Gold prospect and principals […]
by Sean Larson, ADFG Kuskokwim Area fishers and management agencies are gearing up for another salmon season. Amid concerns over COVID-19, it seemed prudent to let folks know what to expect this year in terms […]
Education Coordinator Hugh Dyment and Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center inmates have sewn more than 600 cloth masks for inmate and staff use to contribute to the DOC/Inmate Mask Project that helps prevent the spread of […]
by BCSF Staff Bethel Community Services Foundation (BCSF) would like to inform incoming and returning college and university students that the application period is still open for two scholarship opportunities. The deadline for both scholarships […]
by Greg Lincoln On this day, May 16th, 2020, the Bethel Regional High School celebrated their senior graduation with a historical outdoor drive-in style graduation. The ceremony began with a Parade of Graduates that began […]
Elizabeth Jones, who is two years old, holds the big egg with her little hands that she found on the tundra. This is the first egg that she found for 2020 near her village of […]
On May 15, YKHC confirmed a second positive COVID-19 case of an individual who opted for testing at the Bethel airport, upon arriving from Anchorage and before continuing on to an outlying village. As part […]
Through screening and COVID-19 testing of inbound passengers at the Bethel airport, YKHC identified a second positive COVID-19 case in the YK Delta. YKHC received and confirmed the positive result on May 15. The individual […]
Judgments Mary C. Mann, 35 Importing Alcohol – Dry Area $500, 1 Yr. Prob. Lena M. Ivan, 47 Importing Alcohol – Dry Area $500, 1 Yr. Prob. Frederick Abraham, 21 2nd Degree Assault, 4th Degree […]
• On 5/3/20 at 3:00 p.m. firefighters responded to the report of smoke coming from a building. Upon arrival firefighters observed smoke and fire coming from the building. The fire was extinguished and the property […]
by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: I’m having trouble falling asleep at night. Music and meditation are not working anymore. I’m having a lot of problems relaxing at night. Hot showers don’t work anymore. What do […]
by Akiak Native Community April 30th, 2020: The Akiak Native Community Tribal Council is issuing a current updated policy regarding the Coronavirus pandemic after the special meeting on April 30th, 2020 including flood preparations in […]
The Office of Subsistence Management has selected the winners of the 2020-21 Student Art Contest: Genevieve Muldoon, age 10, from Eagle won in the wildlife category, and Senkanne Alexie, age 17, from Tuluksak won in […]
Hello All! I hope you’re enjoying this beautiful weather because I am. Also, try and make the best out of this quarantine. Ever wonder what it would be like if the virus didn’t break out? […]
by Sen. Tom Begich and Rep. Chris Tuck Before the Legislature recessed on March 29, we passed both a substantive relief bill for the medical and economic needs of Alaskans and one of the earliest […]
Today (May 4th, 2020), the Alaska Congressional Delegation welcomed a $20 million purchase of Alaska Pollock by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Section 32 program. “The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted supply […]
The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) met by teleconference on May 1, 2020, and approved Temporary Special Action Requests FSA20-01, FSA20-02, and FSA20-03. Federal public waters of the Kuskokwim River drainage will be closed to the […]
Calls for intoxicated pedestrians to the Bethel Police Department were 123 for April 2020. There were 532 calls for the same time period last year. The Bethel Police Department has reported approximately 951 calls for […]
The Bethel Advisory School Board will be meeting on May 13th, 2020 to interview principal candidates for the Bethel Regional High School. There are two candidates: Mr. Michael Robbins and Mrs. Alicia Miner. Mr. Robbins […]
A crew with the Alaska Army National Guard out of Anchorage was in Bethel on May 6th, 2020 to do some exercises involving rescue hoisting with the Black Hawk helicopter. The Black Hawk crew was […]
by Peter Twitchell I am happy to report I made it to another special day – “Mother’s Day”, just recently recognized in Eskimo Country. By the term “Eskimo Country” I’m thinking of all the Native […]
by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame A pair of 4-time state wrestling champions and Alaska’s fastest female today (May 6th, 2020) were selected as recipients of the 2020 Pride of Alaska Youth Awards. Anchorage’s […]
by ONC Staff Bethel Subsistence Harvest Surveys ONC will continue to conduct surveys at Bethel area fish camps from the top end of Church Slough to just below the mouth of Oscarville Slough. Our project […]
by Barbara Joe and Maryann Andrews Barbara Joe of Alakanuk and Maryann Andrews of Emmonak shared this story about ircenrraat and the old village of Anaqciq during a Calista Elders Council women’s gathering in at […]
by Greg Lincoln Class of 2020, you may now turn the tassle! Congratulations! You have worked hard for your diplomas, endured through it even in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, adapted to some difficult […]
Andrew Frye, 5 years old, with his very first Lagiq caught on May 7, 2020 with his bb-gun at Utngucigtalek between Atmautluak and Nunapitchuk. He also caught his first beaver on May 6, 2020 near […]
May 6, 2020 — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced one new death and one new travel-related case of COVID-19 in Tok, which is the first known case for this […]
“The Bering Sea Elders Group is very saddened to learn about the passing of David Bill, Sr. late last week. David was from Toksook Bay and was one of BSEG’s founders, our first Chairman, as […]
Judgments Marcus Mark C. Seton, 21 3rd Degree Assault 365 Days, 3 Yrs. Prob. Cameron Phillips, 26 Violate DV Protective Order, Unlawful Contact Per Court Ordered, Violate Condition of Release, 360 Days 3 Yrs. Prob. […]
• On 4/25/20 at 3:50 a.m. medics responded to the report of a woman who was hypothermic. The PT was assessed and refused transport to the hospital. • On 4-25-20 at 10:36 p.m. firefighters responded […]
Christopher D. Meier, a loving husband, devoted father and son, passed away peacefully at the Inpatient Hospice Unit at Tampa General Hospital on March 23, 2020. He spent his last night in hospice with his […]
by Tad Lindley In the Coronavirus shutdown, many people are posting on Facebook about their hair. Men, unable to go to a barber, and not having a wife to cut their hair, have grown quite […]
by K.J. Lincoln Mask-sewers in Bethel have been working hard to mass-produce face masks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A dedicated group of ladies have been getting together every weekend for the past four […]
by Dr. Lorin Bradbury The question below came through the Delta Discovery website. The person writing the question does not know English well as noted below, so I made some grammatical changes for readability, while […]
by Peter Twitchell When I was a boy I walked in the woods all day sometimes from sun up to sun down. Poor Mom, what I must have put her through. I know in my […]
How COVID-19 has affected me is mainly with school. I get my school work from the school here in Chefornak, which comes in packets. I am still enrolled at Bethel Regional High School, so my […]
by Governor Mike Dunleavey Late on a cold Tuesday in January, a plane evacuating 201 Americans from Wuhan, China landed in Anchorage. Each passenger was screened for COVID-19 and sent on their way to California. […]
by MEHS Staff Mt. Edgecumbe High School will host its 2020 graduation ceremony online due to the ongoing pandemic. Ninety-four seniors will graduate from MEHS this year and the virtual ceremony will take place at […]
by Delta Discovery Staff April 30, 2020 – An elderly couple living alone in their log cabin on the south bank 5 miles below Napaimute are in danger of rising floodwaters of the Kuskokwim from […]
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) announced the Top Ten Power Plant Operators of 2019. The following plant operators received recognition for their outstanding achievements: Walter Joshua of Eek, Rick Andrews of Emmonak, William Parks of […]
by BCSF Staff Round Two funds are available for YK Delta nonprofits, tribes and community service partners from Bethel Community Service Foundation’s YK Delta COVID-19 Response Fund. BCSF will grant up to ten awards of […]
by Greg Lincoln Hello friends. Have you filled out your census questionnaire yet? It looks like we as a state are nearly last in the nation according to census updates. Alaska’s census self-response rate is […]
Leyton Alexie who is four years old plucked her first goose last Friday, May 1st. She was happy to help her mom Mary pluck geese near their village of Eek. photo by Mary Alexie
National Weather Service Anchorage AK953 AM AKDT Sun May 3 2020 Kuskokwim Delta-Including the cities of Bethel, Hooper Bay, and Nunivak Island953 AM AKDT Sun May 3 2020 …FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY […]
Flood WatchNational Weather Service Anchorage AK359 PM AKDT Fri May 1 2020 Kuskokwim Delta-Including the cities of Bethel, Hooper Bay, and Nunivak Island359 PM AKDT Fri May 1 2020 …FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH […]
by Delta Discovery Staff UPDATE (May 1st, 2020): The two elders, John and Seraphine Borowski, were rescued safely early this morning by paratroopers via a Blackhawk Helicopter. The Blackhawk, which was sent from Anchorage, hoisted […]
April 30, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced no new cases of COVID-19. There were also no new hospitalizations or deaths reported. Recovered cases now total 252, […]
National Weather Service Anchorage AK 924 PM AKDT Wed Apr 29 2020 Lower Kuskokwim Valley-Kuskokwim Delta- Including the cities of Aniak, Sleetmute, Bethel, Hooper Bay, and Nunivak Island 924 PM AKDT Wed Apr 29 2020 […]
by Tad Lindley Recently on a census form, you probably checked a box to indicate your race. Many of us come from mixed ancestry. Very few of us are purebred anything. In the past, the […]
Judgments Jesse C. Matthais, 23 Import Alcohol – Dry Area $1500, 3 Days James Fisher, 36 Disorderly Conduct $150 Wassilie John Ekamrak, 32 Driving While License Cancelled/Revoked/Suspended $300, 1 Yr. Prob. Byung Y. Kim, 64 […]
• On 4-18-20 at 10:20 p.m. medics responded to the report of a person in cardiac arrest. Patient was assessed and transported to the hospital. • On 4-19-20 at 8:08 a.m. medics responded to the […]
by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: What does the field of psychology say about the importance of laughter in recovering from illnesses, or even from such things as depression? I ran a search of the APA […]
While Governor Dunleavy and Doctor Zink are being praised for their clear and open communication throughout the development of the COVID-19, their plan for Alaska’s rural communities is vague and under-developed. After a careful analysis […]
by Nicholas Charles, Akiachak The pandemic is making people lose it. Places and things like the sports world are being cancelled. The government is trying to slow the bend. Despite everything that they’re doing it’s […]
by Kuspuk Staff April 15, 2020 — The Board of Education for the Kuspuk School District is pleased to announce their unanimous choice for a new Superintendent, Mr. James Anderson, beginning July 1, 2020. The […]
by LYSD Staff April 15, 2020: The Board of Education for the Lower Yukon School District is pleased to announce their choice for a new Chief School Administrator, Mr. Gene Stone, beginning July 1st, 2020. […]
The City of Bethel council has directed administration to prepare and submit the FY 2021 Bethel Community Service Patrol grant application in the amount of $323,081. The City will also contribute $32,308 of dispatch services […]
by Peter Twitchell I’ll be 70 years old tomorrow. I was born April 25th, 1950 in a makeshift hospital Quonset after the Bethel Hospital burned to the ground. I was born to David & Sarah […]
The City of Bethel has awarded grants to six organizations through the Community Action Grant fund program. The Year 3/Quarter 1 award recipients are the Cama-i Dance Festival ($10,000), Kuskokwim Art Guild Afterschool Art Program […]
by BCSF Staff The Kuskokwim Ice Classic committee is pleased to announce that 2020 Ice Classic tickets are now on sale! We have some major changes this year due to the threat of COVID-19. To […]
by Frank Keim If you happen to be in the Andreafsky Mountains or any other mountains in northern Alaska during the summer months you might be lucky enough to see this rare sandpiper. Or, you […]
by Greg Lincoln Hello friends. Birdsong is once again filling the tundra air here in our beloved homeland – the sweetest trills, calls, and melodies that we all know and love so well. There are […]
April 25, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced no new cases COVID-19. There were also no new hospitalizations and no new deaths. This reflects data from 12:00 […]
The Bethel Police Department is requesting assistance in locating 31-year old Jonathan Joseph Williams, age 32, date of birth 01-31-88. Williams is a Person of Interest in Hit and Run Accident-Vehicle vs. Pedestrian that occurred […]
DILLINGHAM, Alaska – Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation (BBAHC) is opposing the opening of the 2020 commercial fishing season in order to protect the 28 villages it serves within the region. To date, there are […]
Alaska Sports Hall of Fame April 22, 2020: The Alaska Sports Hall of Fame announced the three boys finalists for the 2020 Pride of Alaska Youth Award. They are Anchorage wrestler Aedyn Concepcion, Bethel wrestler Hayden Lieb and […]
by Tad Lindley Horse Medicine For many of the illnesses and injuries of horses, particularly prior to modern medicine, there was only one approved treatment. It involved a rapid infusion of lead into the horse’s […]
Judgments Akluennie M. N. Shangin, 32 4th Degree Assault 1 Yr. Prob. Patty Jamie Paul, 29 4th Degree Assault 1 Yr. Prob. Kyle Beebe, 23 4th Degree Assault 2 Yrs. Prob. Cameron Ivon, 35 1st […]
• On 4-3-20 at 6:45 A.M., Firefighters responded to the report of a chimney fire. Firefighters observed no smoke or fire on scene. Firefighters advised home owner to clean chimney. • On 4-10-20 at 9 […]
by Frank Keim Our planet Earth has been having a hard time of it lately. But reflecting over the past 50 years since a small group of us put together the first organizational committee to […]
by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: In your article, “Is pouting a symptom of depression?” you mentioned how to deal with someone who pouts and sulks, but I would like your help, if possible, in understanding […]
I write to supplement my Tribe’s earlier comments and to oppose the award of any portion of the Coronavirus Relief Fund to private for-profit corporations organized under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). The […]
by Shanelle Afcan and Christina McDonough As we sit outside during this shelter-in-place era of COVID-19, we are aware of the unsettling contrast between the peaceful cadence of snowfall and the presence of an ominous, […]
The University of Alaska Fairbanks: Kuskokwim Campus & Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center and the Best in the West Partners are pleased to announce the winners of the twelfth annual small business competition for 2020: ● […]
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is distributing 40 rapid testing machines and 2,400 test kits for diagnosing novel coronavirus throughout communities in rural Alaska, including the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation in Bethel, in […]
by Calista Corporation Staff April 17, 2020: The current novel coronavirus pandemic is deeply impacting individuals, communities, non-profits, Tribes and for-profits alike. One of the measures Congress made was passing the CARES Act in late […]
by Peter Twitchell As a child I heard stories told by our elders of the flu epidemic, tuberculosis, which took the lives of so many of our Native people. Today our generation is experiencing the […]
by Theresa Quiner Every year, libraries around the country celebrate National Library week in April. This year, National Library Week is April 19th-25th. While we are saddened that the physical library is currently closed while […]
The late Barbara Joe of Alakanuk and Maryann Andrews of Emmonak shared the following advice during a gathering of women from the Lower Yukon in April 2012. These translations are by Alice Rearden, who also […]
by Greg Lincoln Hello friends. Flattening the curve is the name given to what we, as humans, are doing now – slowing the spread of COVID-19 – by taking part in various health measures, such […]
Recovered cases now total 168 statewide. April 21, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced eight new cases of COVID-19 in four Alaska communities – Anchorage (4), Juneau […]
Eight more recover, total recovered cases at 161. No new hospitalizations or deaths reported. April 20, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced two new cases of COVID-19 […]
19 new recovered cases recorded yesterday, recovered cases now total 147. April 18, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced five new cases of COVID-19 in four Alaska […]
by the Alaska Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development Alaskans looking for summer employment have the opportunity to work in the seafood processing industry. Seafood processing employers are recruiting to pre-hire for more than 3,100 […]
This is a message from Mike Williams Sr., Tribal Chief of the Akiak Native Community: One of our Tribal citizens from Akiak has not arrived from his travel by snow machine from Akiak to Togiak […]
**PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT** Fentanyl Disguised as Oxycodone Pills Found in Alaska Multiple Drug Overdoses have been documented due to Counterfeit Street Drug April 17, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – The Department of Public Safety received reports […]
by YKHC April 15, 2020: On April 6, YKHC confirmed the first positive COVID-19 case in Bethel. Within that same evening, YKHC worked closely with Alaska Epidemiology and Public Health Nursing to identify over 80 […]
by Kuspuk Staff April 15, 2020 -‐ The Board of Education for the Kuspuk School District is pleased to announce their unanimous choice for a new Superintendent, Mr. James Anderson, beginning July 1, 2020. The Board […]
by LYSD Staff April 15, 2020: The Board of Education for the Lower Yukon School District is pleased to announce their choice for a new Chief School Administrator, Mr. Gene Stone, beginning July 1st, 2020. […]
by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: Are there styles of parenting that are more effective than others? The best-known research to date was based on studies of preschool children and their parents by Diana Baumrind at […]
by Tad Lindley Right now our nation is in quarantine mode. People are commanded to maintain “social distancing”. Everywhere in Bethel people are wearing masks to avoid breathing other people’s breath and to stop theirs […]
Judgments Tundra Suites LLC. Medical Asst. Fraud – False Claim $10,000 Jesse Frank, 43 3rd Degree Assault 6 Mos., 5 Yrs. Prob. Brenda B. Alexie, 45 2nd Degree Harassment 1 Yr. Prob. Brian Turner, 28 […]
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