Classifieds
Day: April 18, 2023
In our Native Land
Mine penalized for hazardous waste management violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today (April 11, 2023) that Northern Star (Pogo) L.L.C. was fined $600,000 for improper storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous materials at its gold mine and laboratory in Delta […]
Cop Shop
State of Alaska District Court in Bethel
March 30 – April 7 Judgments Jeffrey Jackson, 57 2nd Degree Sex Abuse of Minor 15 Yrs., 10 Yrs. Prob. Kevin Duny, 24 2nd Degree Sexual Assault 5 Yrs., 15 Yrs. Prob. Ivan Daniel Jr., […]
Chasing the Ambulance
Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending March 2023
• The department will be conducting a Firefighter-1 course in Spring 2023. If interested in attending this training to become a Volunteer Firefighter, please call the fire station. • Chief Solesbee attended the 2023 Alaska […]
Crime
Man indicted for cold case sexual assault from 1995
An Anchorage grand jury indicted 51-year-old Ronald Wade Fischer on one count of sexual abuse in the first degree on March 30, 2023. Fischer is charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old woman behind an Anchorage […]
Sports
LKSD All-Stars to compete at State NYO meet
The All Star Team for the Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD) has been determined at the conclusion of the LKSD District NYO Meet that took place in Nightmute this past weekend. Athletes were chosen to […]
Sports
LKSD NYO Athletes soar to the stratosphere at District Meet
photos by Jimmie Lincoln The Lower Kuskowkim School District held their District Native Youth Olympics Meet in Nightmute, Alaska this past weekend. Junior and senior high teams from Akiuk, Akula Kasigluk, Bethel, Chefornak, Eek, Kipnuk, […]
Obituaries
Jeffrey Lee Hoffman
Jeffrey Lee Hoffman “Maarraaq” was born on May 22, 1971 to Nastasia Nick and Robert Hoffman. Jeff was born in Bethel and raised in Nunapitchuk with his late maternal grandparents Nick Upay’aq and Elena Nick. […]
Contributors
For Husbands Only
by Tad Lindley Now that it’s just us men, let me tell you the reason I titled this For Husband Only. I know that if your wife reads this, she is liable to say, “Brother […]
Delta Lifestyles
Identifying polar bears by their footprints
by Ned Rozell Scientists in northern Alaska are learning about polar bears by scraping snow samples from the tracks they leave behind. That snow contains tiny flecks of the massive creatures — mostly cells shed […]
Village Telegraph
Yup’ik and Iñupiaq Statewide Spelling Bee for Beginners results
Winners of the Yup’ik Spelling Bee: from left are Pasrata’ar Alayna Canoe, Maqaruaq Tieran Ignatius, and Arnayaraq Kirsten Aakaran Manumik. Winners of the Inupiaq Spelling Bee: from left are Kakshuk Cameron Tocktoo, Kimasuq Danielle Tocktoo, […]
Contributors
What’s in your Easter basket?
by Dave Kutcher While many celebrated Easter 2 weekends ago, this past weekend was Easter for almost all who follow Eastern Orthodox theology, which follows the Julian calendar rather than Gregorian calendar. Easter might be […]
Contributors
Surfbird Calidris virgate
by Frank Keim With a sandpiper called Surfbird, you’re probably wondering why the name, especially since it only nests in mountain habitats. This is because during the non-nesting season, almost nine months a year, it […]
Contributors
Lifetime accomplishments
by Peter Twitchell Life as we all know is stressful even at home. We could be without a job but helping family anyway, we can be doing things for family who come first in our […]
Letters to the Editor
Our Next Big Fight – The Erosion of Alaska’s Wildlife Management Authority
While residents from across the state are cheering the approval of the Willow Project on Alaska’s North Slope, there is another important issue on the horizon that Alaskans from all walks of life should be […]
Speak Your Mind
We appreciate the life of our friend
by Alice Crow At the direction of our mother, and in memory of our own late father who was Martin Moore’s Kusquqvak friend, I extend the Crow family’s appreciation for the life of our friend […]
Village Telegraph
Artists to visit Alaska Native collections in museums Two Yup’ik artists named grantees
Golga Oscar intends to explore different forms of the Yup’ik collection ranging from headwear to footwear and capture them through the lens of photography. Golga Oscar of Kasigluk and Tununak and Nicolette Corbett originally of […]
Inside Bethel News
Two Alaska Tribal organizations sue the Federal Government to protect subsistence fishing
The Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) and Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC), represented by Earthjustice, have filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in U.S. District Court in Alaska, seeking to reexamine […]
Inside Bethel News
Bethel Superior Court Judge dismisses challenge to ADFG management of Chum and King Salmon
A Superior Court Judge in Bethel granted the Alaska Department of Fish & Game’s motion to dismiss Monday in Forrer v. State. The plaintiff, Eric Forrer, had alleged that the Department’s management of the Yukon […]
Sports
Bethel Warriors NYO All Stars
The Bethel Regional High School Warriors will be headed to the State Native Youth Olympics competition this week along with their coaches and chaperones. The All Star roster and their events are: Justine Erickson-Grant: Indian […]
From The Editor
YK region students named to UAF honors lists
by Greg Lincoln The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans’ and chancellor’s lists for the fall 2022 semester. The lists recognize students’ outstanding academic achievements. Students on the UAF […]