Greg Kim
News ReporterGreg Kim was a news reporter for KYUK from 2019-2022.
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The lagoon is completely empty now, according to an email that Hooper Bay city administrator Sandra Tall-Lake sent on Friday afternoon to the Alaska Municipal League.
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“I was super-very nervous,” said sophomore Harvey Wesley. “Because it was my first game, and I was nervous and I was scared.”
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The Alaska State Troopers' Southcentral Special Emergency Reaction Team left Anchorage and arrived in Kotlik on Feb. 17. They arrested Kotlik resident Calson Aparezuk, 34, inside the school without incident.
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Gov. Dunleavy announced that he declared a state disaster emergency on Feb. 17, within two days of the fire.
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According to Zulkosky, state recognition of Alaska’s tribes would just mean that the state of Alaska acknowledges tribes exist. The federal government already does that. There are 229 federally recognized tribes in Alaska. This bill would bring Alaska into that same understanding.
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According to the Kotlik school principal, Xavier Downs, a security officer was patrolling the school on Feb. 16 when he saw an intruder, a man with a rifle, inside the school.
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But on top of all that, additional outages have occurred because AVEC is configuring a new renewable energy system there. In 2019, AVEC installed a large, 900 kW wind turbine in Pitkas Point.
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Amongst the three largest airlines that travel to Y-K Delta villages, only Yute Commuter Service (YCS) reported having other planes with the same issue that caused the fire in November 2021, but YCS says the problem was not the company’s fault.
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The outdoor testing site across the street from the Bethel hospital will now be open Monday through Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. During this newly added testing window, YKHC will provide Binax rapid tests for COVID-19 positive people who want to end their isolation early with a negative result.
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“We were asked to come out and take a look at the school in Napakiak, and talk to folks about some of the issues and concerns out in this neck of the woods,” said Gov. Mike Dunleavy.