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Following a meet and greet event during his two-day visit to Bethel, Claman spoke to KYUK’s Samantha Watson about what was on voter’s minds and his plans to support the Y-K Delta if elected in the fall.
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The budget now heads to the Senate, which will come up with its own draft and set the stage for final negotiations in the closing days of the legislative session in May.
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Researchers and local experts gathered in Bethel in early April to share and compare environmental knowledge at the Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference, particularly across issues facing the Yukon-Kuwkoksim Delta.
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The Native Village of Napaimute ice road crew announced that beginning Friday April 10, they will no longer be maintaining the Kuskokwim Ice road for the 2026 season.
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The airline cited “ongoing volatility in fuel prices” for the price increases.
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Gubernatorial hopefuls are blasting Alaska's trawlers for catching salmon. Now, industry allies have launched a radio ad campaign.
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The motion stems from a lawsuit filed by the groups in November after the Alaska Board of Game reauthorized a Mulchatna predator control program that had previously been overturned by state court rulings.
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According to charging documents, Bethel police officer Ceaira Preuett shot 53-year-old Wassillie Larson twice in the arm after Larson allegedly lunged at her with a knife in the early morning hours of March 25.
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Morgan, who is running as an independent, spoke to KYUK about his bid to replace Alaska’s longest-serving state legislator, Sen. Lyman Hoffman, and what he can bring to Senate District S if elected next fall.
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The Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference, also called WAISC, will run April 7-9 at Bethel’s cultural center.
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If you follow Mary Peltola on social media, maybe you’ve noticed that the former Alaska congresswoman is talking about more than fish, family and freedom as she runs for U.S. Senate.
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The traditional hoodie-like garment is the unofficial uniform of the event, bridging styles and Native cultures from across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and beyond.
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Meanwhile, administrators insist the center is growing and becoming more community-focused.
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The lifelong Bristol Bay commercial fisherman and retired school superintendent is a newcomer to politics who says he wants to hold billionaires to account and get rural Alaskans what they deserve.
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It was the House’s first floor vote in this two-year Legislature on a major oil and gas tax measure — and a moment illustrating a major disagreement between two Democrat-heavy bipartisan coalitions.
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The companies said they’ll skip Tracy Arm based on the state of the waterway and current geologic conditions.
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The bill provides $70 million dollars for the state's 10% match to federal construction projects, $75 million for disaster relief and nearly $100 million for wildfire suppression.
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At a campaign event in Fairbanks, Shuerch warned that widening political divisions are making it harder to address Alaska’s biggest problems.
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