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Dean Swope/KYUKA state court judge heard arguments earlier this month from a group of Y-K Delta tribes and environmental groups that are challenging state permits issued for a pipeline that would power the Donlin Gold mine. -
MaryCait Dolan/KYUKThere’s a shortage of eggs in Bethel-area grocery stores, and in rural areas milk is hard to find on the shelves. Store managers are blaming avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu.
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Fall distributions have more than doubled since the Alaska Native corporation started paying them out in 2014. -
Two separate fiber-optic cable projects could make internet less precarious in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in coming years. Leaders say the projects will bring “Anchorage" speeds and prices to Bethel and some surrounding communities by 2025.
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Bethel's new finance director clashes with businesses, city officials in effort to collect sales taxWhat started as a straightforward city initiative has divided council members, rankled business owners, and tested the resolve of Bethel’s first finance director in years.
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The step came after the Rasmuson Foundation announced a $500,000 grant to the project.
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Residents in affected communities can begin registering for funding on May 18. The deadline to register is July 12.
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Residents of 194 rural Alaska towns and villages will get more of their monthly power bill subsidized by the state if Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs legislation approved on May 16 by the Alaska House of Representatives.
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The state has reissued the certificate once, in 2019, and reaffirmed it twice, in 2020 and 2022, following challenges from ONC.
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Aniak, Chefornak, and Newtok have each received $1,035,000 in grant money to build new housing in their villages.
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Flooding washed out a portion of the airstrip.
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GCI warned that the battery to a repeater station serving Western Alaska likely only had a few hours of life left.
