Evan Erickson
News DirectorEvan Erickson is KYUK's news director. He has previously worked as a copy editor, audio engineer and freelance journalist. He was born in Seattle and moved to Alaska in Grade 6. He received his undergraduate degree in Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2014 and has been roaming the world hunting for compelling stories ever since.
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The Association of Village Council Presidents hosted the current head of the U.S. Department of Justice alongside other tribal and political leaders on July 8. -
Resident hunters can apply for permits beginning at 9 a.m. on July 22 to harvest a group of at least five muskoxen the state says are unlikely to survive. -
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. -
In polling, the former Congresswoman appears to be neck and neck with Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan. Peltola spoke with KYUK while back in Bethel on the campaign trail. If elected, she would be the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the U.S. Senate in more than a decade. -
The Yukon River has a brief opening for summer chum salmon fishing for the first time in two years. Alexandra Kozevnikoff spoke with KYUK about how the small opportunity holds huge significance for her. -
Alaska State Troopers said that they received a report from Akiachak tribal police just after midnight on July 6 that 37-year-old Fred Nose Jr. had stabbed his cousin, 41-year-old Randy Nose, who later died from his injuries. -
Alaska State Troopers said that 36-year-old Levi Beaver gave differing accounts of the events that led to 28-year-old Byron Waska being found dead in Beaver’s home on July 1. -
Alaska State Troopers say 32-year-old Joshua Cooper marketed and sold large amounts of alcohol out of his residence without a permit, and he was allegedly assisted by 28-year-old Austin Blair in also selling psychedelic mushrooms to customers in Bethel.
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The 45-year-old had been missing from Kwigillingok since the night of the ex-typhoon in October 2025. He was the son of 67-year-old Ella Mae Kashatok, whose body was found one day after the storm. Her brother, 71-year-old Vernon Pavil, is still missing. -
High energy costs are a fact of life in remote, rural Alaska with few easy answers. But siblings Vjosa and Drini Pellumbi — who recently won top honors for their boiler heat recovery system design — are committed to being part of the solution.
