16+ hour, 27+ min ago  (384+ words) With just a few weeks before a renewed state-managed bear killing program is set to start in Western Alaska, conservation groups are seeking a court order to halt it. The Alaska Wildlife Alliance and the Center for Biological Diversity filed…...

14+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1431+ words) As Alaska's race for governor heats up, Democrats and Republicans have increasingly targeted the state's big trawl fisheries with criticism " and are swearing off campaign money from owners of the factory vessels that unintentionally harvest salmon as "bycatch." Now, the…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (263+ words) A man shot by a Bethel police officer after allegedly approaching officers with a knife has been arrested and charged with felony assault. The charges stem from his alleged aggression toward a community service officer and Bethel police officer in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (739+ words) "I think it's, it's time " the next closest person behind me is 14 years behind me," Hoffman said. Hoffman has spent most of his time in the Senate, representing Southwest Alaska. He said he thinks he's made a difference in the…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (245+ words) Wayne Morgan of Aniak said he's been mulling over the idea of serving on the Alaska Legislature for years. But his life has been dedicated to public service. He's running as an independent to replace Alaska's longest-serving state legislator, Sen....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (159+ words) A science conference focused on Western Alaska is in Bethel this week. The Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference (WAISC) will run April 7-9 at Bethel's cultural center. The conference happens annually and rotates between Western Alaska communities. It aims to share…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1062+ words) I don't know about you, but when I'm concentrating on sewing, I go completely silent. Behind the machine in Cama'i's qaspeq-making class, holed up in Bethel's high school art room with thread and fabric piled around me, I hardly make…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (295+ words) In her dismissal, Gleason wrote that attorneys from A Better Childhood didn't prove that the foster youth whose stories were presented at trial were actually harmed or at serious risk of harm. She also called into question the reliability of…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (949+ words) In 2017, Matthew Herrick sued the dating app Grindr after his ex-boyfriend used fake profiles to harass Herrick and send hundreds of strangers to his home. Herrick's lawyer, Carrie Goldberg, argued that Grindr had made a defective product, because the company…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (383+ words) Independent U. S. House candidate and former school district superintendent Bill Hill is a newcomer to politics. But he said he's committed to holding billionaires to account who have "turned their wealth against America." Hill is a lifelong Bristol Bay commercial fisherman....