Olivia Ebertz
News ReporterOlivia is a News Reporter for KYUK. Before coming to Bethel, she worked in film in New York City. Her documentary films have screened at festivals worldwide. In 2020 she was an artist-in-residence in Petrozavodsk, Russia. She speaks English, Norwegian, Italian, Spanish, and Russian with decreasing fluency in that order.
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Andrew was originally charged with arson and homicide in the fire that killed three.
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Climate scientist Rick Thoman said that fires like this summer's East Fork Fire were once rare. Now, he said, they are likely to become more common as the earth continues to warm.
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Police have charged 35 year-old Adam Andrew with 11 felony counts and six misdemeanor counts. Among the most serious charges are three counts of murder in the second degree and one count of arson.
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The three people who died in the fire at Bethel’s AVCP Housing townhouses were Elder Sophie Engebreth, 15-year-old Melissa Engebreth, and 13-year-old Brianna Engebreth. Melissa and Brianna were Sophie’s granddaughters by birth and daughters by adoption.
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On Alaska's Yukon River, residents usually depend on catching salmon to eat all year. This year, a disruption in the supply of fish, in addition to inflation, is galvanizing a food crisis.
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Early on Aug. 12, a fire in Bethel killed three people and burned two units of an affordable housing apartment building. Residents awoke to the smell of smoke.
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Three people died early this morning in a fire in a low-income rental unit in Bethel according to Bethel Fire Chief Daron Solesbee.
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The feds will take over management of the Kuskokwim as soon as next week if the silver run stays lowIn an unprecedented move, the federal government has announced plans to take over management of silver salmon in the federal waters of the lower Kuskokwim River for the first time ever. That’s if the silver run stays low.
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People along the Yukon River are facing food insecurity in the wake of chinook and salmon crashes for the second year in a row. But this year, sky-high costs of groceries due to inflation has made the situation worse.
