Month: June 2021

Houses for Sale Must be moved. Call Shorty at 907-545-3157 for prices. (12)(6/2-cnx) For Sale: Hitzer Amish built woodstoves. UHMW Plastic sled runners. 543-2379. (11)(3/1-cnx) FOR SALE 300 Gallon Plastic Water Tanks in stock. Call […]

State of Alaska District Court in BethelJune 11 – 18

Judgments Renita S. Magnuson, 53 4th Degree Misconduct Involving Weapons 1 Yr. Prob. Patrick Yupanik, 47 4th Degree Assault 185 Days, 3 Yrs. Prob. Brandon Kasayulie, 36 Violate Conditions of Release, 4th Degree Assault 30 […]

Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending June 3

• On 5-29-21 at 1:42 A.M., Medics responded to the report of a person that is down. Patient was assessed and transported to the hospital. • On 5-30-21 at 2:15 A.M., Medics responded to the […]

The Ten Virgins

by Tad Lindley You’ll have to read it for yourself and see if you can figure out if the man was going to marry ten ladies at one time, or if the ten virgins were […]

Collision with injuries

Alaska State Troopers were notified that a juvenile boy was struck by an ATV on June 17, 2021, at 1853 hours. Based on the investigation an adult male who was visiting the community was driving […]

Military Youth Graduation Family Celebration

Alaska Military Youth Academy cadets embrace their families after AMYA’s graduation ceremony, held at the Bartlett High School Football Field in Anchorage, June 18, 2021. The ceremony featured 79 graduating cadets and their families. (U.S […]

Calista Corporation announces second round of 2021 Proxy Prize Winners

by Calista Staff Nearly 10,000 shareholders qualified for $21,500 in prizes. Eleven Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation Shareholders are winners in the regular Early Bird proxy prizes for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Nearly 10,000 Shareholders […]

Hello out there

Just got back from escorting, so I’m quarantining again. Although I did get 1 shot (may God forgive me). I did not get the 2nd one, so every time I go my poor kids and […]

The State Budget’s effect on Alaskans’ lives is real

by Representative Tiffany Zulkosky This past week, I voted to pass and fund a bipartisan operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2022 that will meet the needs of Alaskans across the state, in communities […]

Alaska Native Artist Residency Program

The Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum are looking for an Alaska Native artist to fill one position for the Alaska Native Artist Residency Program. The dates of the program are August 21st-Sept. 12th. Benefits of […]

We must respect our land

by Peter Twitchell I have to reflect back when I was a youngster growing up… our Elders loved to steam together and tell stories of the day’s successful hunts and laugh. They lived to be […]

Lost hiker survives after missing for 2 days after bears charge her

Alaska State Troopers in the Mat-Su Valley were notified that a lone hiker on Pioneer Ridge Trail was in need of assistance on June 15, 2021, at approximately 0129 hours. An adult female hiker, Fina […]

Seventy-nine cadets graduate from Alaska Military Youth Academy

The Alaska Military Youth Academy graduated 79 cadets of Class 2021-1 from its National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program during an outdoor ceremony at the Bartlett High School Football Field, Friday, June 18. Since 1994, AMYA […]

Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson named ANTHC President

by ANTHC Staff The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) Board of Directors named Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson as President, removing interim from the title, effective Monday, June 14. Davidson has been serving as Interim President […]

City of Bethel offers gift cards to those who get COVID-19 Vaccine

by John Sargent The City of Bethel and Bethel Family Clinic (BFC) are distributing $100 local grocery store gift cards to those who get their first COVID-19 vaccine on or after June 14, 2021. The […]

Traditional games bring back NYO culture

by Greg Lincoln It’s so good to see everyone in person, said Nicole Johnston – head judge and volunteer for the 2021 Traditional Games that were held in Anchorage this past weekend, which were hosted […]

Cutting Fish

Four year old Aria Chaney of Napaskiak – daughter of Leanne Larson and Fredrick Chaney – was busy learning how to cut fish with her family. She cut her first king salmon on June 12th […]

For Sale

Houses for Sale Must be moved. Call Shorty at 907-545-3157 for prices. (12)(6/2-cnx) For Sale: Hitzer Amish built woodstoves. UHMW Plastic sled runners. 543-2379. (11)(3/1-cnx) FOR SALE 300 Gallon Plastic Water Tanks in stock. Call […]

State of Alaska District Court in BethelJune 4 – 8

Judgments Jamin E. Carl, 27 Send/Bring Alcohol to Dry Area $1500, 3 Days Anthony Noatak, 37 4th Degree Assault 10 Days, 1 Yr. Prob. Abraham I. Henry, 27 Driving Under the Influence $1500, 3 Days, […]

Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending June 3

• On 6-5-21 at 8:28 A.M., Medics responded to the report of a person down. Patient assessed and transported to the hospital. • On 6-5-21 at 11:21 A.M., Firefighters responded to the report of a […]

Fisherman rescued from bay

Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to a report of a fisherman in distress who had been swept out into Resurrection Bay from the McDonald’s campground beach in Seward on May 29, 2021, […]

How Do I Go About Getting Married

by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: How do I go about getting married? Yes, that is a real question that has been posed to me on several occasions. On each occasion the couple was living together, […]

Michael Wassilie, Sr.

Alaska Native Michael Wassilie, 80, passed away Thursday, June 3, 2021 at his home in Kenai. Funeral services will be held at St. Agaphia Orthodox Church in Tuntutuliak. Pallbearers will be Michael Wassilie , Jr., […]

Don’t Throw the Buoy Until You See the Whites of their Eyes

by Tad Lindley On Saturday the fishing period on the Kuskokwim started at 6:00 AM. We threw the buoy into the river about 10 seconds after that. Only one other boat was in the channel […]

Black-legged Kittiwake Arliaq/Tarliaq, Naruyacuaq

by Frank Keim The Kittiwake is a dainty gull whose name, like that of the Mew gull, is imitative of its call. Wherever you find steep rocky sea cliffs on the coast of southwest Alaska, […]

Public Safety Academy to Graduate 21 New Law Enforcement Officers

by DPS Staff ALET Session #21-01 includes nine Alaska State Troopers, as well as recruits from several city, state, and borough police agencies. In a graduation ceremony in Sitka 21 new law enforcement officers received […]

Earthquakes and insects on Alaska road trips

by Ned Rozell A few nights ago, stretched in a tent on the blue-gray gravel of the Lowe River floodplain, I woke to a series of sharp jolts. It felt like the earth was a […]

Grateful for our Blessings

by Peter Twitchell Year by Year our body is aging. I’m 71, thinking I am aging “gracefully”. I can still walk. I can walk full steam ahead for ½ mile and not feel winded and […]

Thank you Senators Murkowski, Sullivan for Support of Davis Bacon Wages

Alaska lronworkers applaud Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan for their votes in opposition to stripping Davis Bacon wages from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America (CHIPS) Act. Senators Murkowski and Sullivan […]

Alaskans should be Good Stewards of Our Home

by Corri A. Feige and Doug Vincent-Lang It’s a great time of year, when Alaskans emerge from the long, dark winter and launch eagerly into the great outdoors, ready to experience again the freedom and […]

Calista Corporation announces 2021 Online Early Bird Proxy Prizes Winners

by Calista Staff Nearly 30 Percent of Voting Shareholders Qualified for $19,500 in Prizes. Nine Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation Shareholders are winners in the first round of Early Bird proxy prizes for the 2021 Annual Meeting […]

Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs continues its commitment to the Alaska Territorial Guard

by Murriah Ebersole The Alaska State Office of Veterans Affairs (OVA) continues its efforts to locate and recognize the members of the Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG). The ATG assembled in 1942 as a response to […]

ANTHC opens regional office in Bethel

by ANTHC Staff Olinka Peterson was recently hired as ANTHC’s Regional liaison for Bethel and Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) area. After spending a week at ANTHC’s offices in Anchorage learning about the ANTHC resources available […]

Interior Alaska Forest Inventory returns to the Upper Kuskokwim

After a successful summer inventorying the local boreal forests around Lake Minchumina and McGrath in 2020, the Interior Alaska Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program is returning to the Upper Kuskokwim region in 2021. Even […]

Salmon catch update

by Greg Lincoln Thank you to the folks at the Kuskokwim River InterTribal Fish Commission who gave this June 11th salmon catch update on fishing in the Kuskokwim (from the Mouth to Aniak). More fishing […]

Fishcamp Summer

For Sale

Houses for Sale Must be moved. Call Shorty at 907-545-3157 for prices. (12)(6/2-cnx) For Sale: Hitzer Amish built woodstoves. UHMW Plastic sled runners. 543-2379. (11)(3/1-cnx) FOR SALE 300 Gallon Plastic Water Tanks in stock. Call […]

State of Alaska District Court in BethelJune 2 – 4

Judgments Timothy S. Studie, 54 4th Degree Misconduct Involving Weapons 2 Yrs. Prob. Noel Robin Peter, 28 Driving Under the Influence, Violate Conditions of Release, Driving While License Cancelled/Revoked/Suspended $3000, 21 Days, 2 Yrs. Prob. […]

Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending June 3

• On 5-29-21 at 3:11 A.M., medics responded to the report of a person having an anxiety attack. Patient was assessed and transported to the hospital. • On 5-29-21 at 7:11 P.M., Firefighters responded to […]

Man perishes while water skipping snowmachine

Alaska State Troopers received a report that a snow machine had fallen through the ice, near Shishmaref on June 2, 2021, at approximately 1550 hours. After an investigation, it was determined that 32-year-old Shishmaref resident […]

How to Become a Psychologist

by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: I am interested in becoming a psychologist and being able to some day have my own practice like you have. How many years does it take to become a psychologist, […]

The Power of Prophecy

by Tad Lindley Imagine that this year some well-known, but not so well respected elder were to stand before the AVCP convention and say, “The Lord told me that in the future, the Yup’ik people […]

Bowhead whale skeleton surfaces at the Museum of the North

by Alice Bailey A bowhead whale skeleton is swimming through the lobby of the University of Alaska Museum of the North. It is rare to see a complete, articulated whale skeleton, where the bones are […]

A man named Yulqutaq

by Peter Twitchell I noticed an old man back in the Fifties, he had my undivided attention! Every spring he took his kayak out from under the building and put it on a homemade sled […]

Temper tantrum is unprecedented in the history of the Alaska Judicial Council

Alaska is a special place. Whether you were born here or moved here, whether you live in a city or off the road system, whatever your race and ethnicity, we are all Alaskans. We share […]

OneWeb broadband is coming to the Last Frontier, and it’s beaming down from the Final Frontier

by Shawn Williams Nicknames aside, the exciting fact is that true broadband internet connectivity–a difficult struggle to achieve in many rural Alaska communities–is finally close to reality. OneWeb is currently the only LEO middle mile […]

2021 Calista Corporation Shareholder Award recipients

by Calista Staff Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation is pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of the annual Calista Shareholder Awards. Drawn from nominations submitted by fellow Shareholders, these awards recognize exceptional efforts by Shareholders and Descendants […]

YKHC urges residents to get vaccinated as COVID-19 variant confirmed in YK Delta

by YKHC Staff With two cases of a more virulent and contagious strain of COVID-19 recently confirmed in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) today (June 4th, 2021) renews its call for […]

Museum begins study of Alutiiq Rock Art Sites

With a $42,000 grant from the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak and the Alutiiq Museum are collaborating on a study of ancestral Alutiiq rock art. The project, which started in […]

Pacific Dataport signs strategic distribution partnership with Oneweb

Anchorage, AK and London, UK: With a goal of putting the Last Frontier first for broadband access, Alaska-owned Pacific Dataport signed a distribution partner agreement with OneWeb to partner on distributing connectivity services in the […]

Murkowski and colleagues stand up for Wild-Caught Salmon

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) reintroduced the Genetically Engineered Salmon Labeling Act, which will allow consumers to make informed decisions when purchasing salmon. The bill works to ensure that any genetically engineered (GE) salmon products […]

Traditional Games

by Greg Lincoln For the past two years – 2020 and 2021, we have missed the live, in-person Native Youth Olympics statewide event that is usually held every spring in Anchorage. This year, the Sealaska […]

Tundra Treasure

1 year old Luka Jacob of Napaskiak went on his first egg hunting trip while visiting Chefornak with his parents. He found the nest and pointed them out to his dad.

Illegal drugs found hidden internally

Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan, along with the Ketchikan Police Department, Ketchikan Airport Police, and Juneau DEA conducted a joint operation to disrupt the flow of illicit narcotics into Southeast, Alaska on February 5, 2021. […]

For Sale

Houses for Sale Must be moved. Call Shorty at 907-545-3157 for prices. (12)(6/2-cnx) For Sale: Hitzer Amish built woodstoves. UHMW Plastic sled runners. 543-2379. (11)(3/1-cnx) FOR SALE 300 Gallon Plastic Water Tanks in stock. Call […]

State of Alaska District Court in BethelMay 24 – 26

Judgments Roy Nick, 33 4th Degree Assault 365 Days Frank Chanar, 50 4th Degree Assault 60 Days, 1 Yr. Prob. Anthony Noatak, 37 4th Degree Assault 10 Days, 1 Yr. Prob. Rebecca Kinegak, 41 Driving […]

Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending May 22

• On 5-22-21 at 5:05 A.M., Medics responded to the report of a person that has been assaulted. Patient was assessed and transported to the hospital. • On 5-22-21 at 4:52 P.M., Medics responded to […]

Inside Bethel News

Donlin Gold responds to Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune Decision

Donlin Gold originally filed permit applications nine years ago, and through sustained and extensive scientific research, based on a transparent and inclusive process, has consistently demonstrated that the project will comply with the Clean Water […]

Deborah Lee Townsend

Born in the steel mill town of Weirton, West Virginia, Deborah Lee Sadler was raised by her grandparents Harold and Martha Leuthke. Despite the black soot commonly raining down from the stacks of nearby blast […]

Net Mending

by Tad Lindley This column was written in 2006. This year my king gear is in great shape, safely tucked away under the house. It’s my whitefish gear that’s being torn to shreds. My king […]

The secret life of an Alaska fish

by Ned Rozell In Alaska’s infinite waters swims a handsome, silvery fish. Until recently, we knew little about the Bering cisco, which exists only around Alaska and Siberia. Then a scientist combined his unique life […]

Two wildfires near villages in Southwest Alaska declared fully contained

by Alaska Division of Forestry Two human-caused wildfires that ignited near villages in rural Southwest Alaska earlier this week are now 100 percent contained and firefighters will spend another day mopping up before demobilizing. The […]

Seal oil saved me

by Peter Twitchell My grandson “Agyaq” (Rising Star) loves cottonwood smoked strips and dried fish, first try! I guess all us Yup’iks love our subsistence foods. Its in our DNA and in our body. Our […]

Support for Calista Board Candidate Elsie Boudreau

I’d like to encourage Calista Shareholders to support Elsie Boudreau for the Calista Board representing Unit 3. I believe that Elsie is the ideal candidate for this region as she has demonstrated leadership with integrity […]

Despite Administrative Law Judge’s concerns about dangerous mercury exposure, Alaska Commissioner rubber-stamps Donlin Gold Mine Water Quality Certification

by the Orutsaramiut Native Council Decision follows administrative law judge ruling that mine will result in violations of water quality standards and certificate should not have been issued. May 27th, 2021: Today Commissioner Jason Brune […]

Calista Corporation statement on Donlin Gold Project 401 Certification