On Sunday, Bethel’s annual Cookie Extravaganza went like clockwork, with 250 pounds of cookies made by the community selling in less than 30 minutes. 

Over $3,000, including donations from individuals and the Bethel Warrior Swim team, were raised for the YK Delta Lifesavers Endowment Fund.

On December 8, a young man in Nunapitchuk stabbed a family member in the rear of the shoulder with an ulu, strangled another family member, and then assaulted a third, according to the Alaska State Troopers. The troopers responded to the attack from Bethel and say that alcohol played a role. 

The colder temperatures have paid off. The Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee will forge ahead with plans to kick off the season with its first local sled dog race this Saturday, December 15. The Season Opener race was delayed a week when last weekend's warmer temperatures led to unsafe trail conditions.

One of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s ranking National Guard officers is working for a national cause: raising funds for a National Native American Veterans Memorial. Col. Wayne Don, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the Alaska National Guard, is working with the Smithsonian Institution to promote the project. 

Water and sewer lines are coming to the Avenues after all. In a four to two vote Tuesday night, the Bethel City Council reversed its rejection of a grant to extend the piped system after council member Fritz Charles moved to put the vote back on the agenda. The project failed in a tied vote at last month's meeting, with Charles out sick.