Month: February 2025

First Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta community included in the U.S. government’s National Address Database, securing access for Alaskans to critical federal, state and modern-day resources. Last week (Feb. 18th, 2025) Toksook Bay, Alaska, was officially added to […]

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today (February 13th, 2025) introduced legislation that would officially designate North America’s highest mountain as Denali, the name bestowed by Alaska’s Koyukon Athabascans. The bill would require that any reference […]

Student-athletes are selected from a National pool based on athletics, leadership ability, and character. Shalisa McDalton, a local basketball student-athlete from Lewis Angapak Memorial School has been selected by STUDENTathleteWorld (SaWUSA) to represent the United […]

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) are honored to recognize February 16th as “Elizabeth Peratrovich Day” through a Senate resolution. The national recognition celebrates the historic Alaska civil rights leader who played […]

by AVCP Staff The Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) Subsistence Committee and AVCP leadership testified at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) meeting (held February 3rd – 11th, 2025) in Anchorage to bring […]

Alaska State Troopers were contacted by Air Force Alaska Rescue Coordination Center in reference to an overdue aircraft on Thursday February 6, 2025, at 4:00pm. It was reported that a Bering Air Caravan had gone […]

by the Alaska Dept. of Law This week (Jan. 30, 2025), the Alaska Department of Law launched a new Tribal Relations Webpage to enhance communication, collaboration, and coordination between the Department and Alaska Native communities, […]

March 28-30, 2025 at the BRHS gym in Bethel Ciuliamta Cauyait ~ Drums of our Ancestors by the SWAAG In Yup’ik culture, we embrace each other with a warm, welcoming greeting, by offering a handshake […]

Today (Jan. 16th, 2025) Bethel Superior Court Judge William Montgomery, sentenced 51-year-old Peter Moses to serve 99 years of incarceration for the June 2021 sexual penetration of an incapacitated family member. Following a week-long trial, […]

Alaska State Troopers received a drug crime tip on 01/22/2025 at approximately 12:00 hours, reporting drugs were en route on a local air carrier to St. Mary’s. Subsequent investigation resulted in alcohol, marijuana as well […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the Native Village of Kwigillingok to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm and flooding from Aug. 15-18, […]

24 NextGen scholars receive $268,000 in second round of scholarships. The U.S. Department of Agriculture NextGen Program has awarded 24 additional scholarships worth a total of $268,000 to undergraduate and graduate students at the University […]