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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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With no obvious source of revenue, the motives for hoovering up a wide range of Alaska and Bethel-specific content remain unclear.
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Community members who reported hearing gunfire on July 25 banded together to put out the blaze, but troopers have not yet said whether the remains are those of the alleged shooter.
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BPD Chief James Harris said that no foul play is suspected in the death of a 3-year-old girl, and that names are not being released out of respect for family members.
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The decision is based on decent looking chum numbers and comes as the first coho begin to enter the river.
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In dozens of publications, Marie Meade, Ann Fienup-Riordan, and Alice Rearden have established themselves as tours de force documenting first-hand accounts of Elders across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
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According to charging documents, 24-year-old Joshua Kelly-Morris was initially charged with first-degree murder following a fight in a Bethel home that left another man dead.
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A recent report from the Government Accountability Office calls on federal managers to increase the number of observers on fishing vessels and develop better ways to track and monitor bycatch.
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In the case of chinook and chum salmon bycatch, the report says improved stock identification methods need to be a research priority.
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With the chinook run nearly wrapped up and berry season around the corner, the set and drift gillnet openers are another opportunity to harvest abundant sockeye.
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In its recent meeting, the Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group approved a letter requesting an expanded conservation zone off-limits to trawling.