Day: September 24, 2021
State of Alaska District Court in Bethel September 9 – 16
Judgments Luke O’Hearn, 33 Driving Under the Influence $1500, 3 Days, 1 Yr. Prob. Marcus J. Alford, 40 Importing Alcohol – Dry Area $1500, 3 Days, 1 Yr. Prob. Orrin A. Aloralrea, 43 Reckless Endangerment […]
Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending September 2
• On 9-12-21 at 4:23 A.M., medics responded to the report of a person that is down. • On 9-12-21 at 7:50 A.M., medics responded to the report of a person that is intoxicated. • […]
Bethel PD calls for service August report
The Bethel Police Department fielded 1,350 calls for service during the month of August 2021. That is down from July’s 1,419 calls. For August there were 226 calls for intoxicated pedestrians, only three calls less […]
BRHS hosts Invitational Volleyball Tournament
The Bethel Warriors hosted a 2-day volleyball tournament this past Friday and Saturday. Teams from Hooper Bay, Valdez, Hutchinson (Fairbanks), and Anchorage Christian Schools converged at the WarriorDome for volleyball action. This is the first […]
What if Question Two Was About You? Part III
by Tad Lindley A while back I was meditating on the book of Job and God spoke to me very clearly about it and about my own life. What follows is the text of that […]
Blueberry Coffee Cake
by Millie Bentley Greetings from Bethel. Weather is beginning to cool down but there might be still some time left to gather the remaining blackberries and blueberries left on the tundra. There must be plenty […]
Opportunities and choices to do the right thing
by Peter Twitchell At the age of 71 years I urge young men and women to save your money. Invest it. If you’re in school that is a good place to start. Take an economics […]
Norton Sound area rivers, Yukon, Kuskokwim River Salmon – More specifically Kings and Chums
To Doug Vincent-Lang, Commissioner Fish and Game Good Day Sir, My Name is Steven Alexie, Lifelong Kuskokwim river resident and subsistence user. I am writing to you concerning our salmon stocks on the Norton sounds […]
Afghan refugees in Alaska: We should not be so quick to judge them
by L. Shane Land This week it was reported that between 50-100 Afghan refugees will soon be arriving in Alaska. In two separate conversations involving what I consider to be uneducated opinions, I have already […]
Setting traps to catch an Alaska virus
by Ned Rozell Here in middle Alaska north of Fairbanks, a trapper wearing a flannel shirt, leather gloves, and a bushy beard tromps through the forest. He spreads his arms wide to part wild rose […]
Indigenous graduate students focus on co-production of knowledge
This semester, the new University of Alaska Fairbanks Tamamta program began with a cohort of nine Indigenous students. Funded by the National Science Foundation’s Research Traineeship and Navigating the New Arctic programs, the Tamamta program […]
2021 Individual Artist Awardees represent 21 Alaska communities
Rasmuson Foundation has named 36 Individual Artist Award recipients for 2021 including one group award. The Foundation today (Sept. 15th, 2021) is announcing ten $18,000 Fellowships and 25 Project Awards of $7,500. Recipients were selected […]
GCI AU-Aleutians Fiber Project gets green light to begin groundwork
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service issues environmental clearance for local construction of fiber project. The GCI AU-Aleutians Fiber Project has reached another important milestone this week, receiving clearance from the U.S. Department of […]
UAF names spring, summer 2021 honors students
by Greg Lincoln The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans’ and chancellor’s lists for the spring and summer 2021 semesters. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements. Students receiving […]