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This year’s convention theme is “Our Children, Our Future Ancestors,” and Kitka presented her comments as an open letter to her two young grandchildren.
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On Sept. 13, troopers say 35-year-old Alex Chaney used his own boat to sink another boat a short distance from Bethel, sending two passengers into the water without life preservers.
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The state now alleges that a total of four people acted together to steal as much as $50,000 in cash from the Kwethluk Inc. building in January 2024.
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Students at Bethel Regional High School evacuated to a nearby building on Oct. 16 after a fire broke out in a girls’ bathroom near the gymnasium sometime that afternoon.
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It’s the largest one-time climate-change related federal grant award to Alaska, ever.
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Judges for the annual Alaska Federation of Natives subsistence photo contest had to pick a winner from than 100 images.
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Henderson will be taking over leadership of the Bethel City Council from former mayor and current council member Mark Springer.
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Fifth and sixth graders Yolanda Ramos, Amos Foss, and Brian Hunter reported this story about a basketball tournament.
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On Oct. 14, Bethel held its third annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day community celebration at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center. From yuraq to akutaq-making, the cultural center was filled with activities celebrating the cultural heritage of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
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Today, Oct. 14, is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Community organizations and tribal partners have organized a celebration at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel that will include yuraq performances, a Native foods potluck, and more.
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Thirty-three-year-old Marvin Nicori has been charged with multiple felonies for a Jan. 28 incident that resulted in the theft of as much as $50,000 in cash from the Kwethluk Inc. building, according to troopers.
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A two-hour debate on Alaska fisheries issues turned contentious in its final moments as Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich III criticized incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola over an ad stating that a Begich victory would mean “our fish are gone.”
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Alaska processor Trident Seafoods announced Monday that it probably won’t be processing crab in the Pribilof Island community of St. Paul this season. That comes after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s decision to reopen the snow crab or opilio fishery after a two-year closure. The state’s announcement on Friday surprised many fishermen. It was also a surprise to Trident.
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday afternoon that Bering Sea fishermen will be allowed to harvest a total of about 4.7 million pounds of opilio, also known as snow crab, for the first time in two years. According to Fish and Game, estimates of total mature male biomass are above the threshold required to open the fishery.
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The U.S. Coast Guard spotted four foreign military vessels in the Bering Sea Saturday. Coast Guard officials say the joint patrol between Russian and Chinese ships shows their “increased interest in the Arctic.”
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Bishop Nestor of Alaska and the Aleutians commissioned the two-story Victorian home in 1882. On an ill-fated Alaska voyage, however, before he was ever able to sleep in the house, Nestor fell overboard and drowned. No bishop has ever stayed in the house...until now.
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