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Slideshow: Breakup in Bethel is cause for celebration
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (132+ words) From the seawall on Front Street to Riverview Park, Bethelites gathered together on May 14, 2026 to celebrate the breakup of the Kuskokwim River. Slideshow: Breakup in Bethel is cause for celebration Nothing brings the community of Bethel together like the annual…...
Alaska Legislature passes resolution urging that the Trump administration waive visa fee for teachers
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (311+ words) The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution urging the Trump administration to waive a steep visa fee to allow the continued recruitment and hiring of international teachers. Alaska school districts have increasingly relied on international hiring to fill an ongoing teacher…...
Slideshow: Bethel sends off the Class of 2026
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (79+ words) KYUK Slideshow: Bethel sends off the Class of 2026 Bethel's Class of 2026 enjoyed plenty of sunshine as they made their way through town in the annual Senior Parade on May 14. Friends, family, and community members lined the route to cheer them…...
Alaska Legislature considers exempting some Native corporations from public disclosure
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (750+ words) A late amendment to a bill nearing final passage in the Alaska Capitol would exempt some Alaska Native village corporations from public financial disclosures required by state law. On Monday afternoon, the Alaska Senate's labor and commerce committee voted to…...
Kuskokwim Ice Classic announces two winners to split $19, 100 jackpot
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (383+ words) The 2026 Kuskokwim Ice Classic is a wrap. Manager Haley Hanson stood beside the ice-chunked Kuskokwim River as she phoned the first jackpot winner with the good news. "So I want to let you know that with your guess of May…...
UAF Kuskokwim Campus honors Class of 2026 graduates
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (314+ words) Tassels moved from right to left on mortarboards as dozens of graduates from across the region received degrees at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Kuskokwim Campus (Ku C) commencement on May 7. It was the 52nd commencement for the satellite campus that has…...
Thermal breakup on the Kuskokwim may bode well for many communities, while Aniak remains under flood warning
1+ week, 1+ day ago (611+ words) As of the afternoon of Saturday, May 9, Aniak remains under a flood warning after water backed up by an ice jam around 11 miles downriver inundated low-lying areas in the community. Hydrologist Johnse Ostman with the National Weather Service said that…...
Singer-songwriter Jackson Emmer has been all over and is excited to add Bethel to the list
1+ week, 1+ day ago (375+ words) Long before music came into the picture, singer-songwriter Jackson Emmer said he started out as a "poetry and literary nerd child." He said it wasn't until he was attending college in Vermont that he even thought about how songs were…...
'It's just kinda nutty': Kuwkoksim Ice Classic signals spring on the Y-K Delta for nearly half a century
1+ week, 1+ day ago (706+ words) In an archival KYUK newsreel from the early '80s, KYUK reporter Rich Trotto squeezes into a small wooden shack with local Kathy Hanson. "So what's the grand total, Kathy? How much is the lucky winner gonna get?" Trotto asks. Hanson replies…...
Alaska Legislature asks federal government for more flexibility on rural health funding
1+ week, 2+ day ago (523+ words) The Alaska Legislature is asking the federal government for some flexibility when it comes to implementing a massive program intended to improve rural healthcare across the state. Alaska received $272 million from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program, part of the…...