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Heard it in the Steam House

State Emergency Operation Center disaster response update

The Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management released following Kuskokwim River response update last Tuesday, May 10th, 2022. Kuskokwim – Crooked Creek, Red Devil and Sleetmute: • Flood waters receded in Crooked Creek Red […]

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For Sale

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Chasing the Ambulance

Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending April 2022

• The department is continually recruiting for new volunteer responders and administrative support. If anyone is interested, please fill out a BFD Volunteer Application Packet today! • There will be an emergency preparedness Full-Scale Exercise […]

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Crime

Washington man arrested for enticing Bethel child

Investigators of the Alaska State Troopers working in conjunction with investigators from Homeland Security Investigations and the Spokane Police Department arrested 40-year-old Spokane, Washington resident Brian Kevin Powell on May 19, 2022. Mr. Powell was […]

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Crime

Homicide Investigation

The Alaska State Troopers received a report that an adult male had been stabbed in Scammon Bay on April 7, 2022, at around 2:00 pm. The wounded man, 35-year-old Scammon Bay resident Cedric Yunak died […]

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Fish & Game Investigates Bear Attack On JBER

Employees of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) responded to the location of a fatal bear attack that occurred Tuesday, May 10, in Anchorage on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). A U.S. Army Alaska […]

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Village Telegraph

APU receives national nursing accreditation and commendation

Two Alaska Pacific University (APU) nursing programs have received accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The announcement applies to the university’s associate degree and bachelor’s degree in nursing, both of which […]

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Inside Bethel News

AVCP CEO appointed to Federal Commission to Protect Indians

Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) Chief Executive Officer Vivian Korthuis has been appointed to serve as commissioner on the Not Invisible Act Joint Commission of Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians Commission. Interior Secretary Deb […]

Contributors

The best gift

by Peter Twitchell When I was growing up across the river from Bethel it was also our fish campsite where mom and dad made the best fish salmon slabs and strips. The fish was always […]

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Inside Bethel News

Future plans do not include seeking re-election

by Representative Tiffany Zulkosky, House District 38 Serving the lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the Alaska State Legislature over the past five years has been a profound honor. Truthfully, it’s a job I never thought I […]

From The Editor

BRHS sends of graduating class of 2022

by Greg Lincoln The graduation class of the Bethel Regional High School honored 34 graduates at a much-anticipated commencement ceremony at the WarriorDome, home of the Warriors on Saturday, May 21st, 2022. Wearing their blue […]

Inside Bethel News

Wood rafters Kuskokwim adventure

by Delta Discovery Staff A n adventurous pair can be found in Bethel’s very own Bailey McCallson and Tecumseh Hensely. They had a grand adventure on the Kuskokwim this past week, sailing their self-made log […]

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For Sale

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In our Native Land

Missing child found deceased

The Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers were notified that two adults recreating in the Pillar Mountain area had located a deceased juvenile on May 15, 2022, at approximately 12:30 pm. Alaska State Troopers […]

Contributors

Remodeling Your Living Room Part I

by Tad Lindley If you have an average American living room in your house, it’s time to remodel. I’m talking about a living room that has a couch and some chairs and perhaps other furniture. […]

Village Telegraph

Awaiting river breakup on the Yukon

by Ned Rozell Andy Bassich lives on the south bank of the Yukon River, about 12 miles downstream from Eagle, Alaska, the first community in America along the largest waterway in Alaska. Like all of […]

Village Telegraph

Donlin Gold reports that the State of Alaska has reaffirmed the 401 Clean Water Certificate

Donlin Gold would like to report that the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) has reaffirmed Donlin Gold’s Clean Water Act 401 Certificate of Reasonable Assurance (401 Certificate). The 401 Certification indicates the State’s reasonable […]

Inside Bethel News

UW School of Pharmacy student accepted into exclusive Biomedical Sciences Summer Program

A University of Wyoming biomedical sciences Ph.D. candidate has been accepted into the Marine Biological Laboratory summer program in neuroscience, excellence and success (SPINES), located in Woods Hole, Mass. Whitney Walker, of Bethel, Alaska, is […]

Contributors

Teaching  Children to be Respectful

by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: Can you give me tips on how to teach children to be respectful? Frequently, children take their cues from their parents. If they are around respectful parents they learn respect; […]

Contributors

We can’t give away what we don’t have

by Peter Twitchell I heard someone make the statement that “alcohol does not let people get violent.” I myself would never make such a statement. I couldn’t because I believe alcohol fuels our negative emotions […]

Letters to the Editor

What to do if you find “orphaned” animals

With summer upon us more people will be heading outdoors to recreate. Undoubtedly, some people will come across young animals. Alaska law prohibits the taking or holding of live animals (including birds) without a permit […]

Speak Your Mind

The Effectiveness of Read by 9 Reforms

by Debra Van Dyke Reading scores for Alaska’s public-school students are unsatisfactory. In fact, Alaskan fourth-grade reading scores across all incomes rank our students dead last in the nation. Considering the importance of being able […]

Village Telegraph

2022 Calista Corporation Shareholder Award recipients announced

Shareholders Inspire Culture and Strength. Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of the annual Calista Shareholder Awards. Drawn from nominations submitted by fellow Shareholders, these awards recognize exceptional efforts by Shareholders […]

Inside Bethel News

2022 UAF KuC Commencement

by Lucy Peloso and Katie Rearden The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) College of Rural and Community Development (CRCD) Kuskokwim Campus (KuC) held its forty-eighth commencement ceremony on Friday, April 29, 2022, at the Yupiit […]

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For Sale

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Contributors

Marriage vs. Cohabitating

by Dr. Lorin Bradbury Question: I’m preparing to graduate from high school. I’ve had some dates, but I have never been sexually active. I made a choice not to become sexually involved with any of […]

Contributors

Live and learn

by Peter Twitchell Live and learn! Until today I didn’t know plants needed food! Growing up I never gave this a second thought! I guess I never looked deep enough into the soil so to […]

Village Telegraph

NYO Awards for 2022

The Cook Inlet Tribal Council hosted the 2022 Native Youth Olympics Senior Games and the traditional team and individual awards have been officially made public. Winning the best overall team award went to the Lower […]

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Village Telegraph

Arctic Entries storytelling event May 22

The storytelling event Arctic Entries is happening in Bethel on May 22nd at 6:00 pm! In the spirit of This American Life, The Moth, and other storytelling events, Arctic Entries brings Alaskans to the stage […]

Inside Bethel News

Kuskokwim Campus 2022 Students of the Year Awards

by Cindy Andrecheck University of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus (KuC) is pleased to announce its Student of the Year Awards. Full-time Student of the Year Award was presented to Theresa J. Arnaqulluk Hooper, originally from […]

From The Editor

Kuskokwim Campus 2022 Commencement

by Greg Lincoln The Kuskokwim Campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Rural and Community Development celebrated their Forty-Eighth Commencement on April 29th, 2022. The graduates clad in their graduation gowns, mortar boards, […]

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For Sale

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Contributors

Innocent lives

by Peter Twitchell I am amazed about talk shows on TV, especially since the pandemic started in 2020. Many of them are of a personal nature, such as people who don’t have an idea whose […]

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Village Telegraph

2022 1A-2A Basketball Results

The Alaska School Activities Association has released the official 2022 results for the 1A and 2A basketball tournament. Congratulations to all teams and award winners. Good job! FINAL STANDINGS 1A Girls Champion Newhalen Runner-up Klawock […]

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Village Telegraph

2022 Kuskokwim Ice Classic

by BCSF Staff The Kuskokwim Ice Classic committee is pleased to announce that 2022 Ice Classic tickets are now on sale! Guesses may be submitted online at iceclassic.org (or following links we post from the […]

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Inside Bethel News

Bethel Warrior Cheer team wins academic award

The Bethel Warrior Cheerleaders were awarded the 2022 Academic Award at the Alaska School Activities Association Cheer State Championship Competition on March 22nd, 2022 at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. The team’s GPA of […]

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Inside Bethel News

Alaska Army National Guard annual training enables helicopters to deploy to western Alaska during River Watch

by Alaska National Guard Public Affairs The Alaska Army National Guard’s Golf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion will conduct its federal, annual training requirements in western Alaska this year from April 30 to May […]

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Inside Bethel News

Ayaprun Elitnaurvik to Include 7th & 8th Grades

Ayaprun Elitnaurvik expanding for 2022-23 school year. The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development approved the expansion of the Ayaprun Elitnaurvik charter school to include 7th and 8th graders early this month (March 2022). […]

From The Editor

NYO family spans four generations

by Greg Lincoln The Phillip family of Kongiganak is strong in Native Youth Olympics here in the coastal region of southwest Alaska. Their founding father is Tommy Phillip who has coached NYO for many years, […]