Cop Shop
State of Alaska District Court in Bethel August 15
Judgments Edward King Aguchak, 48 Violated Conditions of Probation 3 Days Kareen Paul A. Roberts, 33 Violated Conditions of Probation 5 Days
Day: August 24, 2023
Chasing the Ambulance
Bethel Fire Department Calls for week ending
August 18 • 8-12-23 at 1:17 p.m. medics responded to the report of intoxicated person. Patient assessed and transported to the hospital. • 8-12-23 at 9:31 p.m. medics responded to the report of intoxicated person. […]
Village Telegraph
Missing firefighter found
The Alaska Incident Management Team received a report on 08/17/23 at 0830 that Saudith Rendon (51 YOA) with an out of state Oregon Wildland Fire Hand Crew working on the Lost Horse Creek Fire near […]
Inside Bethel News
Bethel Jury convicts elementary teacher
On Aug. 4, 2023, following a three-week trial, a Bethel jury found elementary school teacher John Mark Hammonds guilty of 14 counts of sexual felonies. Hammonds, 49, was an elementary school teacher and coach at […]
Classifieds
Contributors
Do you know the Lord’s number?
by Tad Lindley It has been said, “There are three kinds of people in this world, those who can count, and those who can’t.” Which one are you? The quiz What is? The number of […]
Letters to the Editor
Passport delays, what’s the deal?
Airlines are seeing international travel peak this summer with families feeling comfortable traveling internationally with the COVID pandemic slowing down. Many countries have reopened in 2023, including the tourist hot spot of Japan. With these […]
Speak Your Mind
New analysis finds real, though rare, tsunami threat to upper Cook Inlet
Scientists assessing tsunami threats throughout Alaska recently modeled the flooding scenario of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and discovered that a tsunami could reach upper Cook Inlet, countering a long-held public belief that the region […]
Village Telegraph
Protect your vision with eye exams
by Heather McMillion Look around—it’s a beautiful world out there! We see the faces of our loved ones and the natural beauty of our environment, like green tundra, white clouds and blue skies and red […]
Contributors
The calm before the storm
by Dave Kutcher It is August 2023 and after a lackluster 22’ and a first half of 2023 filled with trepidation for what was going to happen this year, many people have found themselves feeling […]
Contributors
Only take some, not all
by Peter Twitchell One of the greatest tragedies in life is forgetting our culture and our people, and all that we remember hearing them talk about – how our people survived in a place where […]
From The Editor
Cross Country season begins
by Greg Lincoln The season of running is here with school back in session, teams have been practicing for their local meets since July 26th. This past Friday the Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Immersion School in Bethel […]
Village Telegraph
Spirit Camp brings together culture and youth
by K.J. Lincoln The 2023 Jacob Wise Memorial Spirit Camp brought together youth and elders and Culture bearers for a weeklong program full of learning traditional knowledge, fishing and subsistence gathering, Yup’ik song and dance, […]