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 two-day glorification ceremony for Olga "Arrsamquq" Michael, known as Matushka Olga, brought together those drawn to her message of healing from afar, and the people of the region for whom she has long held a saint-like status. -
The two-day event, which kicks off June 19, is the culmination of years of planning by the Orthodox Church in America and the community of Kwethluk. The influx of pilgrims and visitors from nearby villages could be unprecedented for the community of roughly 800 people. -
According to a civil complaint filed in Bethel Superior Court on June 12, negligent actions by Anchorage-based Trygg Air placed passengers aboard a March 7 charter flight from Scammon Bay to Anchorage in imminent fear of death. -
Amid an outcry from tribes and subsistence advocates, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council said funding and scheduling concerns could delay final action on chum bycatch until April 2026. -
Fifty years later, the connections still run deep for the friends who struck out from San Francisco for a taste of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. For one of them, it was a homecoming. -
Matthew Nicori, 59, was found guilty of one count of second-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree sexual assault following a weeklong jury trial in Bethel in which he represented himself. -
Free T-shirts reading "Tua-i Digital Divide!" handed out at the June 3 event reflect the unique tribal-private partnership that has made the high-speed fiber internet network possible. -
Aside from a possible brief opening to harvest summer chum, 2025 will be the sixth consecutive year of total salmon fishing closures on the Yukon River. -
Backyard Buoys, a project that has put real-time ocean data in the hands of Arctic whalers, will soon be making its way to the mouth of the Kuskokwim River. -
Thousands of rainbow smelts arrived in Bethel on the evening of May 21 on their annual migration up the Kuskokwim River to spawn. But for some smelts, the last stop on their journey was a dipnet.
