This summer, Patrick Andrew’s family returned to the coastal village of Kipnuk while he and his wife worked as part of the community’s rebuild in the wake of ex-typhoon Halong.

Just days before ex-typhoon Halong, Marie White traveled from Bethel to her hometown of Kwigillingok to celebrate her 67th birthday among her daughters and grandchildren. This year, the whole family is back together in Bethel, with little idea when they may be able to return home.

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, community members marched from the Yupiit Picaryarait Cultural Center to the Tundra Women's Coalition building for the group's annual Peacewalk on Oct. 5.

A final farewell to James Barker, the Fairbanks photographer known to Yup'ik Elders as the Crane Man, whose images preserved a disappearing way of life in Western Alaska. Friends say his greatest gift was earning the trust that allowed him to capture moments that might otherwise have been lost forever.

Across the U.S, communities held events for “9-2-5 Day” on Sept. 25, celebrating the legacy of country singer Dolly Parton who passed away last month. The Kuskokwim Consortium Library hosted a celebration to raise money to continue Parton’s literary legacy.

Close to a year after ex-Typhoon Halong, hundreds of Kipnuk residents remain scattered across the state. But this past summer, some families returned to the village to visit their home and practice subsistence.

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.