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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Despite not being a licensed guide, 36-year-old Michael Beans used Facebook to advertise trophy hunts that took in nearly $60,000 in advance payments from dozens of out of state clients. The hunts were canceled before they started. -
Wilson says she’s a political outsider with a background in business who understands the needs of Alaskans in the way that her late, great uncle, former Gov. Wally Hickel, also did. Wilson spoke with KYUK ahead of her recent campaign stop in Bethel. -
Bethel Director of Public Safety Jeffrey Kirkham said two officers fired shots that ultimately killed 23-year-old Neil Japhet at a home on Schwalbe Street after Japhet allegedly brandished a shotgun. -
The tribe originally applied for the declaration in January, several months after an October 2025 storm destroyed an estimated 90% of homes and led to the mass evacuation of nearly all of the community’s roughly 1,000 residents. -
KYUK’s Evan Erickson spoke with Northern Journal reporter Nat Herz, who traveled to Hooper Bay as part of a broader look at what leaders describe as an unfolding crisis that threatens barge-dependent communities in Western Alaska. -
The increase would have been limited to disaster relief during the first 90 days after the storms. It would have covered the bulk of costs related to debris removal and emergency protective measures, costs that the state says reached $20 million in the first weeks after ex-typhoon Halong. -
House Speaker Bryce Edgmon says he can represent a broader swath of Southwest Alaska in state SenateThe Dillingham independent, currently the most senior member of the Alaska House of Representatives, has announced his bid to represent the sprawling Senate District S that includes Bethel. Edgmon said that there’s no substitute for experience, especially as other veteran legislators head into retirement. -
The project, made possible with the support of the Indian Health Service, will make the 49,000-square-foot facility more than one and half times larger. It will double the number of available beds, from 18 to 36. -
The management strategy aimed at protecting vulnerable chum and chinook stocks on the river and its tributaries is nearly identical to the previous two years. The key difference this time around is that federal managers do not plan to restrict the harvest of coho. -
Alaska has seen skyrocketing gas prices driven by the war in Iran. But communities in the western part of the state that have been burning last year’s fuel are bracing for their own crisis as they anticipate what could be an even more drastic spike with the arrival of the first barges of the spring.
