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Bethel ice tripod trips the clock at 8:40 a.m., May 8, 2024
Bethel’s Kuskokwim Ice Classic tripod tripped the clock at 8:40 a.m. on May 8, 2024. The winner of the full Ice Classic hasn’t been announced yet. Ice Classic managers wrote in a post on their website that certifying a winner can take up to two days. But three...
Bethel residents march for MMIP justice
The 2024 MMIP March for Justice walks along the Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway in Bethel. May 3, 2024. Around 90 people, most dressed in red, walked about 1.5 miles through Bethel last Friday (May 3) in honor of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s (MMIP) Awareness Day (May 5). The...
Former Yute Commuter Service business manager charged with felony fraud and theft
A former Yute Commuter Service business manager is facing criminal charges for allegedly embezzling more than $200,000 in company funds, nearly four years after he was named in a civil suit seeking damages for the same alleged theft. Forty-year-old Nathan McCabe faces four counts of scheme to defraud and one...
Tuluksak floods as multiple ice jams threaten lower Kuskokwim River communities
NWS Update (as of 11:30 p.m., May 6): Tuluksak backwash pond is full of Kusko water and the village will not be able to make drinking water Tuesday morning; at least one home is now flooding and the family has been advised to move to the school. While middle Kuskokwim...
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.
Bethel hires new chief of police
At its May 14 meeting, Bethel City Council appointed James Harris the new Bethel Chief of Police. He is scheduled to begin on July 1. Harris spoke to KYUK in early May, prior to his hiring, while on a five-day visit to Bethel. “I've met with a lot of a...
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...
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...
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