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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Come dance into the holiday season this Saturday, Nov. 30 at the Yupiit Picaryarait Cultural Center when two very different bands take the stage for a night of live music. -
On Nov. 26, the Bethel City Council approved a contract for Lori Strickler to take on the critically important role of administering the city’s day-to-day operations. -
Forty-year-old Nathan McCabe was initially charged with scheming to defraud the Bethel-based air carrier and an associated rental property, but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to five years of probation. -
The court said the lengthy sentence for 32-year-old Daniel Nick was due to a history of violent behavior and past convictions involving the same victim. -
The body of 32-year-old Adrian “Aya” Andrew, who was originally from Kwigillingok, was discovered by a small group of searchers on Nov. 24 under the ice in the area where travelers frequently cross the river between Napaskiak and Oscarville. -
People packed the Yupiit Picaryarait Cultural Center on Nov. 15 to hear a pair of Bethel strummers join a songslinger all the way from Nashville in the 10th season of the self-described musical game show. -
Russian Orthodox believers and clergy congregated in the Kuskokwim village of Kwethluk this month to complete one of the final steps in the process of canonizing the first Yup’ik saint – exhuming her body. -
The significant hazards posed by the river condition led Bethel Search and Rescue (BSAR) to make their 2024 Kuskokwim River Aerial Survey theme “Danger Close.” -
According to charging documents, 67-year-old Forrest Jenkins was arrested on the evening of Nov. 7 just hours after police responded to reports of an unresponsive man on the side of Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway. -
Freshman phenom Claire Dyment came away with a coveted Lancer Smith jacket for her first place finish in the girls 100-pound weight class.
