Evan Erickson
News ReporterEvan Erickson is a reporter at KYUK who 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 May 7 deadline will change ID requirements for both TSA-screened flights and the small air carriers that serve the region's 56 villages. For residents who must fly to Anchorage and beyond to access medical care and other services, there may be multiple challenges to updating IDs. -
Locally known as “Q2,” the popular gas station and convenience mart offers up a dizzying array of nearly 50 dishes, and counting. -
Over the years, the community has gained a reputation for serving up high-energy performances in their Cama’i appearances. The current leader of Chevak Tanqik said he remembers it always being this way. -
Troopers said they were notified in the early morning hours of March 30 that 27-year-old Peter Joseph had passed away from his injuries after an accident that occurred near the coastal village of Kongiganak. -
This year, the Cama'i Dance Festival honored the late Cakicenaq Stanley Waska for his contributions to preserving dance and potlatch traditions, immortalized in the award-winning film "Uksuum Cauyai: The Drums of Winter." -
Fifty-seven-year-old Leonard Olrun has been convicted of sexually abusing three children aged 13 to 14 in Mekoryuk in 2020 and 2021. -
An ordinance to amend the city’s alcohol code was introduced by Bethel Mayor Rose “Sugar” Henderson. She said the move is based on concerns that Fili’s Pizza was flouting the rules with a series of parties the restaurant hosted beginning in February. -
After three packed days, the 2025 Cama’i Dance Festival is a wrap. On Sunday, March 30, the final beats of the festival rang out through the Bethel Regional High School gymnasium from the cauyat frame drums of the final performers — the Bethel-based dance group Qasqirmiut. -
This year’s theme of Ciuliamta Cauyait, or “Drums of Our Ancestors,” highlights the roots of traditional yuraq revival that remain on full display in Bethel’s premiere annual gathering. -
Prosecutors are accusing Ryan Greydanus of receiving packages of tramadol mailed from Arizona and California.
