Inside Bethel News
Day: June 18, 2021
Cop Shop
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, […]
Chasing the Ambulance
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 […]
Heard it in the Steam House
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, […]
Contributors
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, […]
Obituaries
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., […]
Contributors
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 […]
Contributors
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, […]
In our Native Land
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 […]
In our Native Land
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 […]
Contributors
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 […]
Letters to the Editor
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 […]
Speak Your Mind
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 […]
Village Telegraph
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 […]
Village Telegraph
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 […]
Inside Bethel News
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 […]
In our Native Land
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 […]
From The Editor
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 […]
Village Telegraph