Day: November 25, 2022
State of Alaska District Court in Bethel November 14 – 17
No judgments or probation violations this week
Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending November 18
• Between 10/01/2022 and 10/31/2022, the Bethel Fire Department responded to 137 EMS and 19 Fire incidents. • On 10/01/2022 at 2:47 p.m. medics responded to a report of a person in seizure. Medics assessed […]
Veteran musher, Mike Williams Jr., signs up for Iditarod 2023
The Iditarod Race Committee has announced that they are excited to welcome back veteran musher, Michael Williams Jr., to the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Mike has competed in the Iditarod 7 times between […]
Warriors compete at Lancer Smith Wrestling Tournament
The Bethel Warriors varsity, junior high, and 6th-8th grade boys and girls teams competed at the Lancer Smith Memorial Wrestling Tournament in Palmer this past weekend. Sheldon Smith, Paul Dyment, Aaron Mute, Patricio Vasquez, and […]
Lieb wins gold at varsity ladies Lancer Smith Tournament
Isabel Lieb of the Bethel Lady Warriors won the gold medal at last weekend’s Lancer Smith Memorial Tournament Invitational in Palmer, AK in the 138 lbs. bracket. She defeated Marissa Neumann-Arch of Tok in the […]
Alaskans already pay more in income taxes than their peers
Alaskans only pay federal, not state, income taxes—but by one important measure, their income tax burdens are higher than the combined federal-state burdens in many states. The Alaska income tax premium cannot be ignored as […]
Yupiat Ways of Life Over Stock Market Value
Written by: Anaan’arar Sophie Irene Swope W hat is your relationship to the land? How has that taken precedence in your life? What is your culture worth to the outside world? To the multimillionaires, it […]
Beloved memories of Kilbuck School
by Peter Twitchell Seven years ago this month on the morning of November 03, 2015, we lost our beloved Kilbuck School. It went up in a huge fiery billow of smoke and ash. It was […]
2022 #BethelGives Campaign
by Bethel Community Services Foundation Bethel Community Services Foundation announces the beginning of the 2022 #BethelGives Campaign, sponsored by Bethel Community Services Foundation and nine local nonprofit organizations. This year we have more amazing thank […]
For Better or for Worse
by Bethel Search and Rescue Group 11.18.22 BSAR Kuskokwim River Aerial Survey-Report 2022 – 06* ** Summary: For the past several years BSAR has been scheduling our first aerial freeze up survey of the Kuskokwim […]
2022 Mixed 6 Alaska Coastal Conference
by Greg Lincoln Congratulations to the Alaska Coastal Conference Mixed 6 tournament champions – the Nelson Islanders of Toksook Bay. The Lower Kuskokwim School District hosted the 2022 Mixed 6 Vollebyall tournament on December 1-3, […]