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Listen: Bethel’s emergency housing shelter closes for the summer
Bethel Winter House, the local emergency winter housing shelter, closed on April 30. It was open for seven months, beginning October 1. But while Winter House is shuttered, the new Atsaq Place Permanent Supportive Housing project is just getting started. Winter House Executive Director Jaela Milford sat down with KYUK’s...
For one Utqiaġvik family, spring bowhead whaling marks an important milestone
For the Aaluk Crew, last Wednesday (April 24) was cooking day. The night before, the whaling crew, captained by Bernadette and Quincy Adams, had landed the first bowhead whale of Utqiaġvik’s spring season. The crew flag, featuring a harpooned bowhead tail framed by a sunset, waved above the Adams’ two-story home, signaling the successful hunt.
McGrath ice tripod falls as breakup inches down the Kuskokwim
The Kuskokwim River at McGrath, where the 2024 Ice Tripod fell at 1:55 p.m. on May 1, 2024. Breakup continues to inch down the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers. On the Kuskokwim, the McGrath ice tripod fell on Wednesday (May 1) at 1:55 p.m. – around three days earlier than its recent breakup average. Downriver, ice has shifted in several communities, including Crooked Creek, Sleetmute and Napaimute.
GCI president travels to Bethel to deliver update on regional fiber internet project
As early as this fall, Bethel internet users will be among the first with the chance to to tap into a new fiber optic network that promises urban speeds and pricing for customers in a vast swath of Western Alaska. Technicians recently found a late winter window to lay the...
Culvert washout prompts Tundra Ridge Road closure
In response to a washed-out culvert, the City of Bethel and state transportation officials urge travelers to steer clear of Tundra Ridge Road, informally known as Polk Road, until construction of a new gravel road is completed, likely around the end of summer. On Monday (April 29), pooling meltwater had...
Alaska governor issues disaster declaration for areas affected by flooding from breakup of river ice
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has issued a state disaster declaration for southwest Alaska communities that have experienced flooding due to the spring breakup of river ice and snowmelt. Water surrounded some homes in low-lying areas of the regional hub of Bethel, while much of Kwethluk was...
State opens applications for Kuskokwim River breakup flooding relief funds
Breakup has wrapped up on the Kuskokwim River, a week after a series of massive ice floes began wreaking havoc on multiple lower-river communities. Now, individuals affected by flooding have the opportunity to apply for disaster relief funding. Early this week, the RiverWatch team flew far downriver from Bethel in...
UAF Kuskokwim Campus hosts 50th commencement ceremony
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - On May 7, The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Kuskokwim Campus recognized the class of 2024 for its 50th commencement ceremony at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel. There were 36 graduates from communities across the state, including Tuluksak, Nunapitchuk, Kasigluk, Chevak and Hooper Bay.
Bethel organizes 3rd annual MMIP March for Justice
It’s the National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). In Bethel, local organizations are coming together to host the community’s third annual MMIP March for Justice. Joy Anderson is a member of the march’s planning committee and works for Alaska Legal Services Corporation. “The...
Ice jam holds floodwaters in place for multiple lower Kuskokwim communities
On May 10, a gravel intersection in Bethel’s Alligator Acres neighborhood became a makeshift port for an odd assortment of canoes, kayaks, and skiffs to shuttle residents – like Brian Jackson and his daughter Abigail – to and from their homes. “It seems to have turned into...
Drone program takes off in Bethel with first round of federal funding
The Western Alaska hub community of Bethel has just 16 miles of roads, hemmed in on all sides by wilderness. But zoom out, and a vast regional travel network – including the roughly 300-mile Kuskokwim River Ice Road – begins to emerge. That's where Ryan Marlow, drone program...
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