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On Oct. 2, four candidates running for four seats on the council made their cases for how to strengthen the community, and what they can bring to the table.
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Oct. 7 is local election day for many communities in Alaska. And for much of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, it’s also election day for Rural Education Attendance Area school boards.
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The Oct. 1 event hosted by the Tundra Women's Coalition for Domestic Violence Awareness Month highlighted a crisis that continues to reverberate across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
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The council, which manages fisheries in federal waters off Alaska, shifted to an online-only October meeting and now may postpone some of its planned work.
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KYUK will host a forum for city council candidates later this week — 7 p.m. on Oct. 2. There are three traditional candidates and one write-in candidate running for the four available seats on Bethel’s city council.
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Bethel Police say one or more trespassers entered a private property near the highway and burned a Pride flag displayed there some time on Wednesday, Sept. 24.
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Greg Schiedler is a certified write-in candidate running alongside three regular candidates for four seats on the Bethel City Council. He spoke with KYUK about his motivation for running for office and what he says he can bring to the table.
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On Sept. 25, leaders from 16 communities across the Y-K Delta gathered in Bethel to refine emergency response plans.
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They waited decades for safe, healthy housing, but for many who have made the move from Newtok to Mertarvik, that dream still hasn’t become reality.
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The data show that stations serving rural and Indigenous audiences in the West would be the hardest hit. Here’s why, by the numbers.
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Matthew Nicori, 59, was found guilty of one count of second-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree sexual assault following a weeklong jury trial in Bethel in which he represented himself.
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Republicans can only afford to lose the votes of three GOP senators. Murkowski doesn’t like major elements of it. But how she’ll ultimately vote is unknown, even to the senator herself.
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Free T-shirts reading "Tua-i Digital Divide!" handed out at the June 3 event reflect the unique tribal-private partnership that has made the high-speed fiber internet network possible.
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A dangerous funding threat to public media is on the table, and KYUK’s ability to serve the Y-K Delta hangs in the balance. Learn how your voice can help protect the local news, cultural programming, and life-saving information our region depends on.
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On one side are the City of Valdez and the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council. On the other, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, which operates the pipeline and terminal.
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Bronson often clashed with the left-leaning Anchorage Assembly over its approach to COVID-19 and homelessness and weathered a number of scandals during his time as mayor.
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Noel Perez Delgado learned to paint from a Catholic nun at Brother Francis Shelter. Now, his brightly colored paintings are featured in a First Friday exhibit.
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Southwest will offer daily nonstop flights between Anchorage International Airport and Denver and Las Vegas starting in May.
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