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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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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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At their 1996 Cama'i performance, the group was young and experimental, bridging traditional music and modern styles. Today, the group’s sound is iconic and beloved by the home audience in Bethel.
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FEMA says the deadline does not affect home inspections still being scheduled. People who have already applied for state, federal, and small business loans will still be able to file appeals and update their applications online after April 3.
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Researchers found that over the past 27 years, landfast ice in Alaska's Arctic has been forming later, breaking up earlier, and hasn't been reaching as far offshore.
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FEMA is reopening a disaster management program, but some tribal leaders question its fit for AlaskaA federal court ordered FEMA to reinstate the program after 20 states sued over its closure.
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With his first-place finish, Williams Jr.’s racing kennel has also clinched this year’s five-race Delta Championship Series. Kwethluk musher Michael Larson and Bethel's Maurice Andrews took the second and third spots in Sunday's race.
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This year’s festival brought three packed days of performances and events to the Bethel Regional High School gymnasium. Once again, it showed that the beating of traditional frame drums resonates with Elders and young alike.
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Lawmakers with the bipartisan majority caucus have expressed support for more funding for schools, but point to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s history of vetoes as a major roadblock.
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who co-led the oversight hearing, said it helps both the U.S. government and Indigenous communities in Alaska and across the country.
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With the deadline for public comment approaching, hundreds of Alaskans are weighing in on a U.S. Department of Interior review of federal subsistence management.
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Subsistence communities in Western Alaska ask for strict limits on the Bering Sea trawl fishery.
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On Feb. 9, the Alaska Senate voted 19-0 to extend a state of disaster until early March, retroactively extending a disaster declaration that expired Feb. 6.
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Bethel Democratic Sen. Lyman Hoffman recently visited his hometown, where he says he plans to spend some quality time after doing what he can to help fund the state's ailing budget in his final legislative session.
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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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Alaska Marine Lines, Matson and Tote are all increasing their fuel- related surcharges, starting this month.
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Johnny Allen Nashookpuk and Jeffery Mulifai were both housed at Goose Creek Correctional Center in Wasilla and died in late March. They are the first two inmates to die in 2026.
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Meanwhile, administrators insist the center is growing and becoming more community-focused.
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