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Akiachak man charged with stealing village police vehicle
An Akiachak man has been arrested and charged with felony vehicle theft and criminal trespass after allegedly stealing a side-by-side off-road vehicle from the village’s police department. According to Alaska State Troopers, surveillance video footage shows 24-year-old Nathaniel Moses entering an unoccupied Akiachak Police Department building at around 3:30...
Fili’s Pizza avoids potential loss of liquor license
Fili’s Pizza, one of two restaurants in Bethel licensed to sell alcohol, has successfully avoided having that license protested by the city. The owners of the popular establishment told the Bethel City Council on April 23 that they have already taken serious steps to steer clear of future violations.
Spring storm nearly breaks 45-year record for wind gust speed in Bethel
At around 10 p.m. on April 15, Bethel’s airport weather station recorded a blistering peak wind speed of 68 miles per hour. “That for any time of the year is strong, much less for a non-winter month,” said University of Alaska Fairbanks climatologist Rick Thoman. In fact, Thoman said it’s the highest wind gust speed recorded in Bethel in a non-winter month since data started being recorded 45 years ago.
Early forecast shows Kuskokwim & Yukon river breakups may be a few days later than average
After a brief period of warm, springy weather, many Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities plunged back into negative temperatures the second week of April. “Even though it might not feel like spring is coming, it's coming,” said Johnse Ostman, a hydrologist with the Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center and the National Weather Service in Anchorage.
First miles of AIRRAQ fiber laid on frozen tundra near Napaskiak
Technicians have laid the first stretch of fiber-optic cable for the massive AIRRAQ broadband internet network in Western Alaska. It’s a partnership between telecommunications provider GCI and Bethel Native Corporation. In a press release, GCI said that crews took advantage of a late winter construction window to lay 45...
Listen: Manaqing at the mouth of the Johnson River
Cars dot the ice at the mouth of the Johnson River, where residents of villages up and downriver come to manaq. It’s a sunny, breezy day out on the Kuskokwim River, and the top layer of ice is getting a little slushy. When the wind dies down, the main...
Local English News: April 12, 2024
First fiber-optic cables laid across tundra for AIRRAQ network. Joint Canada-Alaska fisheries panel discusses issues including recently approved 7-year chinook closure. Bethel opts to tax vapes and nicotine pouches like other tobacco products.
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