Flags were flown at half-staff across the state on Sept. 2 to honor the former representative who passed away in August at the age of 76.

KYUK, along with public radio partners Alaska Public Media and KNBA, have been honored with a prestigious national award for their collaborative coverage of the impact of ex-typhoon Halong on the communities of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

While Bethel’s community fair and summer reading festival were underway, state lawmakers showed up to honor the Kuskokwim Consortium Library with a legislative citation for its work organizing another event earlier this year – KuskoCon.

For many in Bethel whose contracts come to an end, summer is the season of goodbyes. That goes for this year's cohort of Jesuit Volunteers, known commonly as JVs.

The Bethel Actors Guild presents its second live theater production – and its first in the newly acquired Teen Center building. Billed as the longest-running play in the world, the murder mystery at Monkswell Manor starts its three-day run in Bethel on Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

Tribal, community, and business leaders, city and state officials, extended family members, and old friends packed into the National Guard Readiness Center to share the ways they say Alaska’s longest-serving state legislator made a positive impact in rural Alaska.

Many of ex-typhoon Halong’s impacts are tangible and concrete, like damage to infrastructure and calls for village relocation. But some of the greatest impacts may be invisible.

On July 25, Bethel’s cultural center filled with Bruno Mars, rainbow lights, and lots of sequins in the city’s second annual drag show. The free event, co-sponsored by Teens Acting Against Violence and Bethel Actors Guild, included a roster of five performers from across Alaska. Returners Ice Warah and Osha Violation were joined by queens Golden Delicious, Ella Mental, and drag king Mister Chance.

For the village of Quinhagak, the storm flooded a critical piece of their past: an archaeological dig. This summer, an emergency dig will help them excavate that past before it's gone.

Archbishop Alexei, the head of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sitka and Alaska, personally presented ornate certificates of merit, known as Diocesan Gramotas, in a short ceremony at the St. Sophia Russian Orthodox Church in Bethel on June 28.