“I'm wondering why you need this extra year of data,” said Kevin Whitworth. “Why can't you just use the past two, three years of data, or traditional knowledge, or what we're seeing here in the river? I think there's a lot of data now supporting a stock of concern for both chum and Chinook.”

“There is no ice road right now,” said Mark Leary, a Bethel Search and Rescue member and Director of Operations for the Village of Napaimute. “We don't call it an ice road until it's marked and plowed, if needed. And there's responsible entities for keeping it maintained. Right now it’s just a truck trail.”

If Newtok decides it doesn’t want the trail, Toksook Bay would still build most of the trail towards Mertarvik, stopping a mile or two short of the village where the Toksook Bay Corporation’s land borders the Newtok Corporation’s land.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced an emergency opening in a portion of Unit 18 south of the Eek River drainage, and north of and including the Carter Bay drainage. The hunt will open Dec. 1 and end Dec. 15.

The Election Assistance Commission announced on Nov. 22 that it is translating the national mail voter registration form into the Yup’ik language.

“We've had the worst all time outbreak in the United States. If you look on the New York Times, we are listed number one as the worst all time outbreak, with almost 38,000 cases per 100,000,” Dr. Liz Bates said during the COVID-19 Call-in show. “And so I think this is why we are so strongly advocating for everyone to get vaccinated if they can, as soon as they can.”