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by Rep. Robyn Niayuq Burke Rep. Robyn Niayuq Burke issued the following statement in response to Governor Dunleavy’s veto of House Bill 174: “The Governor’s veto of House Bill 174 is more than a line-item […]

The Native Village of Napaskiak has a water shortage problem. The community’s water treatment plant has been inoperable since June 21st, 2025. The Napaskiak Tribe released a resolution dated June 26th, 2025 declaring a water […]

The Nunakauyak Traditional Council which is the governing body for the Nunakauyarmiut Tribe of Toksook Bay, Alaska is offering financial reward for information which results in successful search and seizure of illicit drugs, substances, and […]

A tasty dish that you can make is Fiddlehead Fern Akutaq. Fiddlehead ferns grow in the spring and are harvested before they unfurl. The ferns are usually covered with papery brown flakes and can be found […]

DOT&PF Launches Innovative EMS Extrication Tools Assistance Project. Funding supports lifesaving efforts of Alaska’s first responders. Alaska’s rural and remote emergency responders may receive new lifesaving tools due to an innovative project by the Alaska […]

The Alaska Legislature passed House Bill 174: REAA Fund: Mt. Edgecumbe, Teacher Housing on a vote of 34-5 in the House and a unanimous vote in the Senate. The bill expands use of the Regional […]

Alaska Wildlife Troopers received a report on March 6, 2025, that a side-by-side ATV with five adults aboard broke through the ice on the Susitna River around 8:45 a.m. Three people were able to get […]

Alaska State Troopers received a report on May 26, 2025, around 9 p.m. that two men were missing after the boat they were on sank off the coast of Mekoryuk. Three men were aboard the […]

Over 150 Volunteers from Seattle’s Alaska Pollock Fleet Transform End-of-Life Fishing Gear during Recycling Event at Terminal 91. (Small cover photo) In a powerful display of responsibility in action, more than 150 volunteers from the […]

October 2024 We’ve often heard the adage: “Behind every successful man, is a good woman”. Admired male leaders often credit their wives for their support. In Mary Ciuniq Pete’s case, it was her life partner […]

The Alliance for Aviation Across America today (May 7th, 2025) applauded Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy for officially proclaiming May 2025 as “Aviation Appreciation Month” in the State of Alaska. The proclamation recognizes the unique and […]

The Department of Public Safety has expanded efforts to pursue justice in MMIP cases. Monday, May 5, marks National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day. The State of Alaska, Alaska Department of Public […]

Each Receives a $15,000 Scholarship. The University of Alaska (UA) has named 985 graduating seniors from 289 Alaska high schools as 2025 UA Scholars. Each student ranks in the top 10% of their class and […]

At today’s Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) board of directors meeting (May 6th, 2025), AFN was honored to welcome back the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian […]

Today (April 28th), 2025 at Beaver, Alaska) Tribal leaders across the Yukon Flats region called for an immediate cease work order and demanded answers from Doyon, Ltd. and Hilcorp Alaska, LLC related to a fuel […]

Lawsuit documents dangerously deficient physical, mental, and dental health care across all Alaska prison and jail facilities. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska, with the ACLU National Prison Project, filed a class action […]

by Lynn Zender and Steve Christensen Given that most Alaska communities are scattered throughout this vast state and accessible only by air, boat or seasonal roads, waste management is a constant challenge, and certainly not […]

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced (March 3rd, 2025) – that the Alaska Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Unit obtained a Superior Court order requiring B. Merry Studio, Inc., its owners, and an employee to […]

Statement from Sophie Swope, Executive Director, Mother Kuskokwim Tribal Coalition. “I’m not a financial expert, but it makes me wonder why Barrick Gold is walking away from what they had billed as a slam-dunk mining […]

by Ned Rozell TOLOVANA ROADHOUSE — On the dark, frozen white plain of the Tanana River, a white dot appeared in the night. It was the headlamp of Ryan Redington, a dog musher in the […]

Following a two-week trial, on Friday, April 11, an Anchorage jury found 43-year-old Andrew Byrd guilty of multiple counts of sexual assault and physical assault for a sexual assault committed at a Portage campground in […]

by Rod Boyce Winter’s sea ice extent in the Arctic set a new record low as it peaked March 22, according to the Alaska Climate Research Center’s monthly report. The report, released April 2, states […]

by Freda Dan The 13th annual Yup’ik statewide spelling bee for the 2024-2025 season, held on Saturday April 12th at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, has just concluded. We would love it if […]

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game plans to capture and collar moose April 9 through April 17 along the Yukon River in Game Management Unit 18. Because sedatives routinely used to immobilize captured moose […]

by Mary Catharine Martin The Salmon State Alaska’s public lands and waters are used by virtually every Alaskan who hunts, fishes, traps, and wants to keep doing it — though not every Alaskan knows how […]

by Seth LaCount Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers with G Co., 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion rescued three people March 24 from the wreckage of a crashed PA-12 Super Cruiser aircraft that was partially submerged […]

A Bethel grand jury returned an indictment today for 28-year-old Allen Amik. Amik was indicted for two counts of Murder in the Second Degree, three counts of Assault in the First Degree, and two counts of […]

by the Alaska Innocence Project (AKIP) On Tuesday Marvin Roberts settled his civil suit against the City of Fairbanks and four former Fairbanks city police officers. This brings to a close a life altering series […]

by Dr. Michael Williams, Sr. March is a month of hope and excitement for Alaskans. Not only is it a thrilling time of year for the time-honored tradition of dog mushing and the Iditarod – […]

by Delta Discovery Staff The Kasigluk Akula Tundra Foxes hosted a Native Youth Olympics meet this past weekend. High school and junior high teams attending included Akiachak, Akiuk, Ayaprun Elitnaurvik of Bethel, Chefornak, Kwethluk, Mertarvik, […]

On February 6, 2025, about 1520 Alaska standard time, a Textron Aviation (Cessna) 208B airplane, N321BA, operated as Bering Air flight 445, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Nome, Alaska. The […]

Schouviller Wassillie Jr. and his racing double Blake Wassillie won the February 50 Doubles sled dog race this past Saturday, March 1st in Bethel. They finished the 50 mile course in 2:32 to win $3700. […]

Yesterday (Feb. 23rd, 2025), Superior Court Judge Daniel Doty sentenced 55-year-old Michael Williams to serve 25 years for Sexual Assault in the First Degree for the 1993 sexual assault of a fourteen-year-old girl near Ketchikan […]

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 […]

Alaska State Troopers were notified on January 4, 2025, at 6:08 pm, that a snow machine with two juvenile riders, drove into an open hole on the Kuskokwim River, approximately 8 miles up river from […]

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the Native Village of Kipnuk to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding from August 16-18, 2024. […]

Q: Why will improving regional governance matter in the lives of Native people? A: The belief is that the political power of the tribal governments is too fragmented to adequately address the major issues affecting […]

Otter has significant facial trauma, was found in Seward, Alaska. The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) admitted a juvenile northern sea otter to the Wildlife Response Program on the evening of November 16, 2024. The 11 […]

by the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Tribal Government Carrying Forward the Legacy of Regional Governance: Regional governance is not new to the Yup’ik, Cup’ik, and Athabascan peoples of the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta. Long before outside influences […]

Yesterday (Dec. 12th, 2024) a Kodiak Grand Jury indicted Kavik Skonberg for four counts of Assault in the First Degree and seven counts of Assault in the Third Degree. The charges arose from a Nov. […]

by SalmonState The Alaska State Board of Fisheries this week will consider four proposals that would eliminate or reduce bycatch in the Prince William Sound “midwater” trawl fishery, which has zero observers and regularly bycatches […]

The Doyon Settlement Trustees approved the Doyon Settlement Trust distribution amount of $12.65 per unit, or $1,265 per 100 units based on fiscal year 2024 performance. This non-taxable distribution will be paid out to those […]

The Alaska Health Analytics and Vital Records Section (HAVRS) and Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention (OSMAP) have released the finalized 2023 Drug Overdose Mortality Update. This report contains detailed statistical reporting and other […]

The Alaska Military Youth Academy will celebrate its 63rd class of cadets and more than 30 years of service to the State of Alaska as Class 2024-2 graduates 133 youth leaders from its ChalleNGe program […]

Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom announced today (November 25, 2024) – the intent to hold a recount of Ballot Measure 2, which proposed repealing Alaska’s open primary system and ranked-choice general election. “Alaska law ensures the […]

Yesterday (November 18th, 2024), Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters sentenced 32-year-old Daniel Nick of Kwethluk to serve 36 years of incarceration after being convicted of Kidnapping, Assault in the Third Degree, Misconduct Involving a […]

The Alaska State Troopers were notified on November 13, 2024 at 4:21 am, that 31-year-old Emmonak resident Lucas Agathluk had been stabbed at a residence in Emmonak. Agathluk was taken to the Emmonak clinic where […]

Alaska State Troopers received a report of a missing person on November 15, 2024. Two men were traveling by ATV from Bethel to Napaskiak. One of the men stated that the other man got ahead […]

We are officially open for another year! The deadline to enter is Friday, February 28, 2025. The UAF Arctic Innovation Competition is accepting submissions for our final competition on Saturday, April 19, 2024. Competitors of […]

Today (November 14th, 2024 in Bethel, AK), 68-year-old Arthur Sammy Heckman, Sr. entered a guilty plea to one felony charge of Unlawful Interference with an Election for inducing or attempting to induce an election official […]

The Election Summary Report for the State of Alaska General Election unofficial results have been updated as of November 16th, 2024. The final voting tabulations will be available on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024. Below are […]

Court Hearing Next Tuesday: Plaintiffs argue key state permits authorizing the world’s largest gold mine are illegal. Four tribes in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta region of Southwest Alaska and Cook Inletkeeper, an Alaska environmental group, […]

by AFN Staff The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) welcomes President Joe Biden’s apology to Native boarding school students and their families. This historic acknowledgment marks a significant step towards healing and justice for Indigenous […]

by ANTHC The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended $24.2M in funding through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program (CPRG) for an ANTHC-led project to install 1 MW wind turbines and battery energy storage systems […]

The Alaska Native Language Center is accepting manuscript submissions for books in or about Alaska Native languages. Authors who are passionate about preserving and promoting these vital languages can have their work published through the […]

A Bethel grand jury returned an indictment today (Oct. 15th, 2024) for 20-year-old Shaquille Carawan. Carawan was indicted for two counts of Murder in the First Degree, four counts of Murder in the Second Degree, and […]

The Office of Special Prosecutions completed its review of an officer-involved shooting on Aug. 8, 2024, involving Nick Beebe, 41, and Alaska State Trooper Luke Kumfer in Eek. The review determined that Trooper Kumfer was […]

Every year, AFN honors those who have made outstanding contributions to their families and the Native community. Please read on for a list of this year’s AFN President’s Awards honorees and scroll to the bottom […]

by Mary George During our Wednesday meeting, our principal, Barron Sample, discussed with the staff ways to include the values that have been handed down through the generations. Our district Mission Statement is “to educate […]

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game plans to capture and collar moose October 12 through October 17 along the Yukon River in Game Management Unit 18. Because sedatives routinely used to immobilize captured moose […]

Social media contest offers two chances to win prizes. Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Regional Tribal Government are launching a Why Voting is Important contest ahead of the 2024 General Election on November 5, […]

Three things to eliminate stress, how to break bad habits before they break you, the best foods to eat to feel your best and lose weight, how your bedroom setup can impact your sleep – […]

The Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks initiated a search on October 1, 2024, for two overdue hunters from Fort Yukon that were reported overdue. A DPS Cessna 206 was used to search the various rivers […]

The Alaska State Troopers were notified on October 2, 2024, at 5:27 am, that two adult females were located deceased at a residence in Hooper Bay. Patrol Troopers and Alaska Bureau of Investigation investigators responded […]