Olivia Ebertz
News ReporterOlivia was a News Reporter for KYUK from 2020-2022.
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Brown University leaders have agreed to hold a vote on divesting from companies that support Israel, and pro-Palestinian student demonstrators agreed to clear their encampment.
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The plan could close fishing for seven more years and open the door for hatcheries. In villages along the river, Tribal leaders say the state has cut them out of the process and want federal oversight. -
Rhode Island's Brown University has become a hotbed of pro-Palestinian activism. Some students are on a hunger strike aimed at getting the school to divest from companies they say support the war.
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Brown University held a vigil Monday night in support of one of its students. Hisham Awartani was wounded over the weekend along with two of his friends in what may have been a hate crime shooting.
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The Bethel Fire Department refused an interview with KYUK, and the Bethel Police Department did not respond to KYUK’s emails or phone calls requesting comment. -
Andrew was originally charged with arson and homicide in the fire that killed three. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
