In October 1983, Alaska State Troopers arrested suspected serial killer Robert Hansen. At the time, he was suspected of murdering four women, whose bodies had been discovered in Southcentral Alaska between 1980 and 1983. He […]
Judgments Jeffrey Chingliak, 38 Driving Under the Influence $10,000; 8 Mos., 3 Yrs. Prob. Probation violations Crystal D. Carter, 23 Violated Conditions of Probation 1 Yr. Prob.
• On 10-8-21 at 8:58 A.M., medics responded to the report of a person that has hypothermia. • On 10-8-21 at 3:02 P.M., medics responded to the report of a person with anxiety. • On […]
by Tad Lindley You know how there are seven seals in Revelation? And just to clear up any confusion about the word “seal”, the seven seals are not nayiq, maklak, issuriq, aataak, qasrulek, apakcuk, and […]
The Bethel Regional High School girls volleyball team has been busy hitting aces and this weekend you could find them setting the ball at the annual Slamtastic Volleyball tournament along with other teams. Visiting squads […]
The Chevak Comets at Kashunamiut High School hosted an invitational wrestling tournament this past weekend. Teams from Emmonak, Hooper Bay, Kotlik, Mountain Village, Scammon Bay, and St. Mary’s joined the Comets host team for the […]
The Bethel Warrior wrestling team traveled to the interior city of Fairbanks to wrestle at the Hutchinson Meltdown this past weekend at Hutchinson High School, October 22-23, 2021. The Bethel Lady Wrestlers took home two […]
Alaska has an extraordinary number of vulnerable people, particularly women who are homeless or victims of domestic abuse and sexual abuse, but we do not have enough resources to care for them. As October is […]
by Ina Pavila To my understanding and to my observation of trials and courts they have been suspended due to high volumes of covid cases in Bethel, Alaska. To my understanding also, there also are […]
The State of Alaska told the federal government today (Oct. 19th, 2021) it will sue to protect its ownership of submerged lands under certain waters inside Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, unless the federal […]
Alaska Federation of Natives Executive Vice President and General Counsel Nicole Borromeo testified today (Oct. 20th, 2021) before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on The Constitution in a hearing on Native voting […]
October 22, 2021: The Alaska Bureau of Investigation (ABI) Cold Case Investigation Unit (CCIU) recently launched another attempt to identify the remains of one of serial killer Robert Hanson’s victims, the young woman that has […]
by Peter Twitchell We must never forget our Ancients who nurtured us by feeding us a steady diet of healthy food to help our minds, our hearts, our bodies, and our spirit to develop into […]
by Calista Corp. Staff The Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation Board of Directors and the Trustees of the Calista Settlement Trust recently approved the largest total Akilista (AW-kee-lis-tah) distribution to Shareholders, more than twice the amount of […]
October 19, 2021: Pacific Dataport and Microcom are proud to announce they have installed the first OneWeb low-earth-orbit (LEO) user terminal in Alaska to deliver broadband to the Akiak Native Community. This is the culmination […]
by Greg Lincoln Our athletes from the Yukon Kuskokwim delta region are deeply talented in Native Youth Olympics (NYO). This region has produced champions and record holders year after year. These athletic events encourage involvement […]
Bethel Regional High School. Friday, October 22, 2021.
Judgments Leah Stanislaus, 26 Driving Under the Influence $1500, 3 Days, 1 Yr. Prob. Donovan Chagluak, 31 2nd Degree Harassment 1 Yr. Prob. Mark Jones, 49 4th Degree Assault 1 Yr. Prob. Christopher P. Herman, […]
• On 9-25-21 at 1:05 A.M., medics responded to the report of a person that is intoxicated. • On 9-25-21 at 4:38 A.M., medics responded to the report of a person that has anxiety. • […]
Boys and girls in elementary and junior high grades wrestled alongside their varsity counterparts at the Bethel Scramble this past weekend. Wrestlers hailed from Anchorage Independent, Chevak, Dillingham, Hooper Bay, Kalskag, Napaskiak, Newhalen, Scammon Bay, […]
by Tad Lindley In case you missed last week’s column, it was about the concept of the rapture. The word “rapture” is not in the Bible. It comes from a Latin translation of the Bible, […]
The Bethel Lady Warriors beat the teams from Nome and Utqiagvik (Barrow) to win the 2021 Pinkies Volleyball Tournament held in Nome this past weekend. Bethel’s Haley Sundown, Jordan Wheeler, and Bryn Garrison were named […]
Representatives Tiffany Zulkosky (D-Bethel) and Liz Snyder (D-Anchorage) invite Alaskans to join them, during the week of October 17-23, in recognizing and thanking frontline healthcare workers across the state for their continued service to Alaska […]
by Ned Rozell Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone […]
by Mary Catharine Martin Every day for decades, bear hunter, guide, and early 20th century Southeast Alaska homesteader Allen Hasselborg logged the temperature, rainfall and weather at Mole Harbor, on Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska. […]
by Hilary Oscar The students at Bethel Regional High School student signed up for NYO last week, and are currently practicing every day each week for 3 weeks. There is going to be a meet […]
by Brad Cole I could feel the cold autumn fog blanketing the forest surrounding the village of Tuluksak. Its icy fingers firmly gripped the dried, dusty trees, but the heavy mist was being slowly blown […]
Jayne Hanna of Mekoryuk and Bethel was named to Biola University’s Dean’s List (in La Mirada, CA) for academic excellence. Hanna, a Mathematics major, was one of more than 1,800 students who were named to […]
The Alaska State Council on the Arts is requesting applications of visual artwork to purchase from Alaskan artists for the Alaska Contemporary Art Bank (ACAB). Alaskan artists are invited to submit up to 6 recent […]
by Peter Twitchell This is Peter Adams Twitchell. I don’t mind saying I was a substance abuse counselor for 17 years, mainly for inmates in the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center and Phillips treatment facility named […]
Alaska Senate President Peter Micciche released the following statement today after learning of the passing of former Alaska Senate President Clem Tillion. Clem Tillion dedicated his life to public service. A WWII Veteran, Clem served […]
Back on June 11, 2021, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Michael Martinez, of Anchorage, a young Alaskan innovator, the winner of several prestigious science awards and competitions, and a student at the University of […]
October 19, 2021: Pacific Dataport and Microcom are proud to announce they have installed the first OneWeb low-earth-orbit (LEO) user terminal in Alaska to deliver broadband to the Akiak Native Community. This is the culmination […]
Hunting, fishing, trapping and the Yup’ik language anchored Mary Beebe’s youth in Bethel along the Kuskokwim River. “Life growing up in the bush was hard but simple.” Like many indigenous peoples around the world, she […]
by Elwood Brehmer Alaska Native corporations across the state face a “fiscal cliff” of their own that is still years off, but there are currently few options to avoid it. For decades, the 12 Alaska […]
A new group of students from nearly 250 high schools across Alaska have been identified as this year’s class of UA Scholars, qualifying each of them for a $12,000 scholarship to use at any University […]
by David Bedard Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing partnered with good Samaritans to rescue two distressed boaters early morning Oct. 10 at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River near Eek. Alaska Air […]
by AFN Staff The Alaska Federation of Natives today (October 15th, 2021) announced that the 2021 Annual Convention will be all-virtual. After consultation with state, federal and tribal health officials, and reviewing current data trends, […]
by Greg Lincoln At the 57th Annual Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) Convention held on September 22, 2021, the Executive Board passed Resolution 21-09-08: Support of Legislation for State of Alaska Recognition of Federally […]
Elementary, junior high, and high school wrestlers are getting out on the mats for Bethel’s first home wrestling meet of the season. Teams from the region traveled to the WarriorDome to compete Friday, October 15th-16th, […]
Judgments Greg Angaiak, 33 2nd Degree Attempted Escape 4 Yrs. Clarence Kalistook, 25 Reckless Driving $500 Albert J. Egoak Sr., 38 Violate Conditions of Release, 4th 150 Days, 3 Yrs. Prob., Degree Escape, 4th Degree […]
• On 09/07/2021 at 7:00 p.m., an EMT Meeting was held at the fire station. Responders reviewed basic hemorrhage control in extremities, junctional areas, and others. Several drills were conducted using tourniquets and wound packing […]
The Alaska State Troopers received a report of human skeletal remains found on a small uninhabited island near Craig and Klawock on August 2, 2021. AST responded via the PV Gow’tukan to the area where […]
Applications are now open for the 2021 Connie Boochever Artist Fellowships and the 2021 Alaska Literary Awards. The Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation, in partnership with the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA), is […]
A Delta Junction, Alaska, man was arrested Monday in Fairbanks on criminal charges related to his alleged threats against U.S. Senators. The charging documents were filed on October 1, 2021, and have now been unsealed. […]
by Delta Discovery Staff Payton Boney of the Bethel Regional High School girls Warriors cross country runners led her team to a sixth place finish at the 2021 State Cross Country finals this past weekend, […]
by Bjorn Dihle On July 22nd, news broke that Bristol Bay was having its biggest sockeye salmon return since recordkeeping began in 1893. More than 63 million sockeye had returned to the bay’s different watersheds […]
by Mary Catharine Martin Four years ago this August, my partner Bjorn and I flew into Admiralty Island’s Hasselborg Lake. We fought through thick blueberry bushes and swarms of flies, angled our way up a […]
Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum is seeking proposals for their Winter Lecture / Culture Share Series to be held on Zoom between late November of 2021 and mid-March of 2022. Speakers are invited to propose […]
by Ned Rozell The crested auklet looks like a smiling clown that never blinks. It is probably the only seabird that smells like a tangerine. Its beak — the color of a tangerine — is […]
by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Insecurity is a feeling of general uneasiness, or nervousness, in which you feel less than confident, and experience anxiety or apprehension. Inferiority, on the other hand, is a value judgment whereby […]
by Peter Twitchell I’ve liked and I’ve loved music all my life. I believe music, singing, dancing all have some benefit to giving me longevity, freedom to express my feelings and my emotions in a […]
Greetings, Every ten years the Legislative districts in Alaska are redrawn. The new lines are based on population changes that come from the census count. At present, there are six plans under consideration by the […]
by the Salmon Habitat Information Program Commercial fishermen and others from throughout Alaska are calling for a sea change in Alaska’s fisheries management. Today (October 6th, 2021), fishermen delivered a letter signed by over 300 […]
Dr. Michele Yatchmeneff named UAA executive director of Alaska Native Education and Outreach. Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program’s assistant director Dr. Michele Yatchmeneff recently accepted a position as the executive director of Alaska Native […]
Clarence Daniel, Lower Kuskokwim School District School (LKSD) Board Member, was awarded the 2022 Don MacKinnon Excellence in Education Award by the Alaska Superintendents Association (ASA). Daniel was presented the award during the ASA fall […]
Congratulations to Linda Curda of Bethel who was selected as an inductee to the 2021 Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame. She, along with nine others, will be honored on October 19th, 2021 during the induction […]
The Department of Public Safety has published the 2020 Crime in Alaska report, the annual report on instances of crime in Alaska reported a decrease in Alaska’s overall crime rate by 18.5%. This also reflects […]
Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation has opened the application period for its 34,500 Shareholders to apply for CARES Act financial assistance. Eligible Shareholders who apply by the Nov. 15 deadline will receive a payment of $325 per […]
The City of Bethel held their municipal election on October 5th, 2021. Four city council members were elected out of a pool of six candidates. Incumbents Mark Springer and Conrad “CJ” McCormick were re-elected along […]
by Greg Lincoln Congratulations to Bethel’s Rachel Sallaffie, recipient of the First Lady’s Volunteer of the Year Award. Rachel and six other recipients were honored by First Lady Rose Dunleavy who congratulated the awardees at […]
Alaska nonprofits have through November 15 to submit applications for GCI Gives 2022 funding year. GCI’s philanthropy program, GCI Gives, has opened the application period for its 2022 grant cycle. From October 1 through November […]
by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: Is it elder abuse to take away the harmful substances that they are addicted to such as chewing tobacco, cigarettes, or alcohol? Answer: I wouldn’t recommend going into an elder’s […]
Patrick Pete Minock, a highly respected Yup’ik artist, passed away peacefully at home, on September 18, 2021. A viewing will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at the Legacy funeral home. 1707 Bragaw Street, Anchorage, […]
The Lower Kuskokwim School District hosted the 2021 LKSD Regional Cross Country race in Bethel last Saturday morning. Runners braved the 29-30 degree temperatures while race fans cheered. Coming in first place was Jasmine Simons […]
Judgments Fritz Abraham, 26 1st Degree Harassment 30 Days, 2 Yrs. Prob. Nicholai W. Mark, 55 3rd Degree Assault 5 Yrs. Prob. Lorraine Wise, 39 4th Degree Assault 60 Days, 3 Yrs. Prob. Zachary R. […]
• On 9-25-21 at 1:05 A.M., medics responded to the report of a person that is intoxicated. • On 9-25-21 at 4:38 A.M., medics responded to the report of a person that has anxiety. • […]
The Bethel Lady Warrior cross country runners beat the Kotzebue Huskies to take first place at the 2021 3A Big West Conference cross country regional meet in Kotzebue this past weekend. Team members for the […]
The Bethel Lady Warriors volleyball team had a great weekend of games at the Tok Volleyball Tournament. On Friday they played four games. They defeated the Galena Hawks 25-8 both games, Nenana also fell 25-12 […]
by Tad Lindley In Mexico (at least where we have traveled) they have these red octagonal signs with white trim that look like a stop sign from the United States, but of course they do […]
by KRITFC and ONC Natural Resources Last weekend, ONC Natural Resources Department and the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission along with 40 volunteers helped clean up 92 bags of trash and recyclables in Bethel. Thanks […]
by Frank Keim As its English name “parakeet” suggests, this auklet looks a little like a small parrot. But don’t be fooled, it is far from a parrot. Watch the way it stands, walks, flies, […]
Beginning the week of October 11th, an estimated 643,000 Alaskans will start to receive their 2021 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) in the amount of $1,114.00. Alaskans who are determined eligible by October 7, 2021, filed […]
by Peter Twitchell In my retirement and then my hour of need I no longer go to a store or a hardware store. Just yesterday I needed a hammer so I went to Fred Meyer’s […]
It’s October, yes, the pandemic is still with us, and at the same time, unfortunately, political optimizers are trying to rewrite history. We all are reading the articles filed under “coronavirus” which bear the dooming […]
by Orutsararmiut Native Council, Native Village of Eek, Native Village of Kwigillingok, and Chevak Native Village AKDNR improperly approved Right-of-Way for Natural Gas Pipeline to fuel mining operation. Orutsararmiut Native Council, Native Village of Eek, […]
Ryan Air, Alaska Marine Lines, King Salmon Ground Services, SeaShare and CVRF provided residents with salmon to support subsistence lifestyle this winter. For the first time in many years, the Department of Fish and Game […]
by YKHC Staff Effective September 29, 2021, YKHC activated its COVID-19 Clinical Guidelines, also known as Crisis Standards of Care. Developed at the beginning of the pandemic in April 2020, these guidelines provide clinicians revised […]
Elia Samuelson (Bethel) is one of the week three winners of the Alaska Chamber’s Give AK a Shot sweepstakes. Elia Samuelson wins a $49,000 scholarship administered as an Alaska 529 savings plan. Elia Samuelson’s mother […]
by Orutsararmiut Native Council Staff ONC Fisheries staff conducted another successful year of harvest surveys and Chinook salmon biological sampling as a part of our Inseason Harvest Monitoring Project! This project, in partnership with the […]
by Greg Lincoln The Association of Village Council Presidents 2021 Awards have been announced, congratulations to the award recipients. The awards were recently announced following the 2021 AVCP Annual Convention which took place virtually on […]
Ray “Ciuk” Fitka (in front right) of Tuntutuliak harvested a moose in full velvet across from Marshall on the Yukon River in late August. Hunting with him was Gunner Fitka (standing). The boys are the […]
by Ned Rozell I just so happened to be stretched out on good ol’ Mother Earth the other night when an earthquake happened. On a Memorial Day overnight canoe trip, a friend and I had […]
Judgments Wilson White, 31 3rd Degree Assault 2 Mos., 3 Yrs. Prob. Jeremy Oscar, 28 Interfere with Report of DV Crime 1 Yr. Prob. Levi A. Beaver, 31 Disorderly Conduct 3 Days Scott I. Agathluk, […]
On 9-18-21 at 12:33 A.M., medics responded to the report of a person that is overdosing. • On 9-18-21 at 2:36 P.M., medics responded to the report of a person that is in pain. • […]
The State of Alaska today (Sept. 22nd, 2021) announced a plan that attempts to import hundreds of medical personnel as our state experiences the highest levels of COVID-19 at any point in the pandemic and […]
Rep. Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) expressed thanks to Governor Dunleavy, Department of Corrections Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom, and Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell for their commitment to collecting all lawful DNA samples from Alaskans arrested […]
by Tad Lindley Bed bugs bite people while they are sleeping, and then sneak back under the mattress before daybreak so they don’t get caught. Lice live in your hair and bite you to drink […]
by Ned Rozell The glorious paper birch outside the window that has for the past three weeks beamed a sunny glow is losing its luster, one golden coin at a time. The 10,000 solar panels […]
by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: What are some of the mental health effects of COVID? Answer: To find an answer to your question, I searched the American Psychological Association (APA) data bases, WebMD, and Mayo […]
Starting 10/24/21, the FCC has mandated all phone calls will require dialing the full 10-digit phone number, including area code. This means all Alaskans, regardless of their service provider, will need to dial 907 before […]
by Peter Twitchell Today we are inundated with with extreme weather conditions. When I went to Southern Lake Tahoe in July, fires were raging in California and the smell of fire was in the air. […]
Over 30 million Americans over the age of 25 – or one out of every ten U.S. citizens – do not have a high school diploma. In Alaska, according to the Coalition on Adult Basic […]
by James Atsaq Sipary, Sr. In 2020, the world and United States — we all experienced many people that did not survive COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Pfizer, […]
Effective immediately, the K300 Race Committee will require all employees, volunteers, mushers and handlers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. At this time, to be fully vaccinated means that two weeks have passed since the […]
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