
Day: June 30, 2021


State of Alaska District Court in BethelJune 28 – July 9
Judgments Jonathan S. Andrews, 26 Driving Under the Influence $1500, 3 Days, 1 Yr. Prob. Doreen One, 29 Driving Under the Influence $1500, 3 Days, 1 Yr. Prob. Aaron Michael Brown, 34 Reckless Endangerment 1 […]

Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending June 22
• On 6-5-21 at 11:21 A.M., Firefighters responded to the report of a vehicle lockout. Firefighters used EZ tool to unlock car door. Vehicle turned over to owner. • On 6-6-21 at 5:21 A.M., Firefighters […]

The Cattywampus Files: #45 Mel’s Cattywampus House
by Tad Lindley Mel’d be in his 90s now if he is still alive. I lost contact with a lot of those Fairbanks folks when I moved to Bethel, including Mel. But he was a […]

Bethel Freestyle Wrestling Club travels to Utah
Eight Bethel Freestyle Wrestling Club wrestlers traveled to Provo, UT and competed in some Greco Roman and Freestyle Wrestling Duals as well as 3 separate individual tournaments this month of June. Wrestling for Bethel were […]

A call on Biden to prioritize national defense
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), called on President Joe Biden to prioritize national defense and homeland security in the administration’s budget proposals. Also on Thursday, Sen. […]

Supreme Court rules Alaska Native Corporations eligible for CARES Act Tribal Relief
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today (June 25, 2021) welcomed a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation that […]

5K Finisher
by Peter Twitchell Today I was getting ready to go on my usual mile walk, when I noticed booths getting set up on the compound where I live in Wasilla. An Elder told me that […]

48 mushers enter 50th anniversary Iditarod on opening day
Today (June 26th, 2021) the Iditarod announced that 48 mushers have submitted their entries for the 50th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to start in Anchorage on Saturday, March 5, 2022. The […]

Fish helpers
Colton, age 4 (at left) and Louis, age 8 (at right) are helping Mom and Grandma cut up dried fish at their fishcamp. Colton cutt his first dried fish. Their parents are Daniel and Renae […]

2021 Traditional Games Results
The Traditional Games and Juneau’s NYO team are a community collaboration made possible by the following major sponsors: Sealaska, Sealaska Heritage, University of Alaska Southeast, Central Council of Tlingit & Haida, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, […]

Delta Variant of coronavirus identified in YK Delta
by YKHC Staff YKHC encourages all residents to get vaccinated. The first case of the highly-transmissible delta variant of the COVID-19 virus has been identified in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta. The State of Alaska notified […]

How to make Salmonberry Uqinaq
Salmonberry Uqinaq is a simple and tasty traditional Eskimo dessert made with seal oil and salmonberries. Today, we add sugar for sweetness. If you like seal oil then there is a good chance that you […]

Local telecom business awards scholarships to 40 students
by Greg Lincoln Congratulations on your future success as students – this is to the forty Alaska students from 29 communities across the state that will each receive a scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year […]

Kuskokwim Fish Cutter
Kaelyn Tagyartuq Samson of Napaskiak cut her first king salmon this summer. Her mom and grandma taught her how to cut fish for drying on the rack.