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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Ultimately, the alphabet soup of organizations and high-level officials that did participate had positive things to say about HUD Secretary Scott Turner's Aug. 13 visit. But with the media barred, few details have been made public. -
According to the state’s Aug. 2 disaster declaration, the loss of the building has disrupted the community’s ability to maintain basic public safety services and emergency response. -
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta lost one of its most memorable musical voices this summer with the passing of Bobby Gregory. The man who blended Yup’ik culture with rock ‘n’ roll and drew comparisons to guitar legends of the past lives on in song. -
The short and straightforward report published in the journal Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (AAAR) seeks to sum up a long-term, complex issue. -
Yuut Elitnaurviat, the vocational center serving the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, is under new leadership after Executive Director Mike Hoffman recently retired. Yuut Elitnaiurviat says it could not be in better hands with his replacement – a household name across the region and the state. -
The civil suit filed in Bethel Superior Court on July 18 alleges negligent actions by hunting guide Bruce Werba and two companies under Werba’s control caused Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr.’s death. -
The July 17 event not only marked the anniversary of the death of a civil rights icon, but also the death of the main source of public radio funding for Alaska. -
Despite unfinished business in the Alaska Legislature, school districts across the state have reached the deadline to submit the operating budgets that will carry them into 2026. Most of the sprawling districts that serve the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta say they have already planned for the worst. -
Naneng’s former boyfriend, 24-year-old Edward Atcherian, has been charged with second-degree murder for Naneng’s death and is currently being held at the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center in Bethel. -
Troopers said the man has been identified as 37-year-old Benjamin Edmund, and that they were notified on the evening of July 9 that the body had been discovered floating in a slough near the community at the mouth of the Yukon River.
