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It is not immediately clear what caused the issue that has left the community without power since the evening of Sept. 21. The city is working with the Alaska Energy Authority, a state-owned corporation that provides support for rural energy needs, to come up with a plan.
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Mark Springer is one of three regular candidates running for four seats on Bethel City Council. He sat down with KYUK to talk about his motivation for running for office and what he wants to focus on in the community.
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Kelsi Kime is one of three candidates running for four seats on the Bethel City Council. She spoke with KYUK about her motivation for running for office and what she wants to focus on in the community.
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Thirty-six-year-old David Paul faces a minimum sentence of 65 years in prison after a Bethel jury found him guilty of 28 separate counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse involving six children.
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Education announced it will stop funding certain minority-serving programs in higher education. For UAF, certain awards supporting Alaska Native students will no longer continue.
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Kasigluk resident Adrianna Tinker, 33, died after a boat she was in struck a submerged object in the Napakiak Slough on Sept. 16. The boat's operator survived uninjured, according to Alaska State Troopers.
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The State of Alaska wants the United States Supreme Court to decide whether rural Alaskans – which includes many Alaska Native people – should maintain subsistence fishing preference in the waterways of federal lands.
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A Mekoryuk man has been sentenced to more than 150 years in prison for sexual assault and sexual abuse. The state says it may be the longest sentence for those types of crimes handed down in the history of Alaska.
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A new tech trial on the Salmon-Aniak River involves camera imaging and eventually, AI software.
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Fish counters show 2025 returns have again failed to meet the lower target for king salmon returns after missing the goal in 2024 as well.
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No injuries have been reported after schools in Kasigluk and the community of Quinhagak locked down in separate gun calls last week. Suspects in both cases have been charged with second-degree terroristic threatening.
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James Hoelscher, a former VPSO from Hooper Bay and now director of the state's Village Public Safety Officer Operations Division, says his recent recognition by the Association of Village Council Presidents for public service is a reminder that the work growing the programs has just begun.
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Bethel’s public safety department, which oversees the city’s police and fire departments, is under new leadership, effective immediately.
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Residents of Alaska’s bush communities often have to go without some of their favorite foods and flavors found on the road system, but one community market in Aniak has been an exception to that.
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Moose are more prone to being entangled during their mating season because bulls often thrash their antlers against objects to assert dominance.
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In a letter sent Friday, 14 lawmakers urged the state’s all-Republican congressional delegation to oppose cuts that President Trump proposed in his 2026 budget.
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Chena Power claims that Ounalashka Corp. pushed them out of the joint venture through bad faith maneuvering.
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A new project from the Alaska Commission on Aging is collecting stories from our oldest Alaskans, and asking them how to survive and thrive in a long life.
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