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City of BethelThe annual parade through town will be followed by festivities in Pinky’s Park. -
Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media“It's a risk to try to go back because the winds can change, but we really miss home,” St. Mary's resident Maureen Andrews said.
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Thirty-five students received diplomas this year, overcoming distance learning, a pandemic, and “senioritis” to become high school graduates. -
There’s a new pilot around town in Bethel. KYUK flew with her during her second week on the job.
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KYUK received this award competing against news outlets in the Northwest region, which includes the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
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The river ice went out in front of Bethel, tripping the clock on the Kuskokwim Ice Classic tripod at 6:05 p.m. on May 5.
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KYUK’s 2021 honors include first place for Best Comprehensive Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic. KYUK received this award among all news outlets in Alaska.
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More than 125 people turned out in Bethel to hear Yup’ik artist Byron Nicholai perform music from his new album over the weekend. An enthusiastic crowd used the Yugtun word for "encore" throughout the night to hear songs in their Indigenous language.
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"It's an honor to be recognized like this," Mike Williams Sr. said of the honor. "It's something that I accepted graciously and enthusiastically, and I'm going to enjoy it for the rest of my life."
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Byron Nicholai's new album, Ayagnera, was released in March. The songs, in Yugtun, are a mash up of the Toksook Bay artist's emotions and his varied interest in different kinds of mix. He says the Yup'ik drum and traditional dancing helped inspire the album.
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Golga Oscar is a Yup'ik artist who grew up in Kasigluk. After moving to Nelson Island, he taught himself how to sew and create traditional Yup'ik attire. Today, he is teaching his students how to reclaim their culture.
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Organizers say children's literacy is crucial to the survival of Alaska Native languages like Yup'ik and Iñupiaq.
