Will McCarthy
News ReporterOriginally from the northeast, Will started in journalism working for a documentary film company in Texas and interning at the Austin Chronicle. After working as a producer at a TV news station, Will moved to California to earn a master's degree at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. After graduation, Will worked as a contract reporter for the Investigative Reporting Program and a freelance science journalist. Outside of work, he likes to ride his bike to new places.
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A storm system is forecasted to hit coastal Western Alaska this weekend, bringing high storm surges and gusts up to 80 miles per hour. If there was ever a good time to find the missing boat, it’s now. -
“We think it's going to really benefit our students,” Ballard said. “Instead of seeing the school as this alien institution that occupies their village that promotes Western values and Western instruction.” -
If the council votes to confirm Leonard Hicks, the city will finally fill a position that has been vacant since April. -
The body of Daniel ‘Wun Wun’ Laraux was found on Friday, Perry Barr, the vice president of Bethel Search and Rescue has confirmed. -
“That was the question: how long are you going to search,” Riley said. “As long as someone is willing to come out here, we’re going to continue.” -
In the face of climate change, these checks are becoming all the more important as the land beneath these tanks melts. -
Despite a full week of searching, Bethel Search and Rescue has not found moose hunters Shane McIntyre, Justin Crow, or Carl Flynn, nor have they found their boat. -
Bethel's new finance director clashes with businesses, city officials in effort to collect sales taxWhat started as a straightforward city initiative has divided council members, rankled business owners, and tested the resolve of Bethel’s first finance director in years. -
The three men were last heard from at around 5 p.m. on Aug. 30 when the group left Bethel.
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A small ship graveyard is forming outside Napakiak after a 20 foot by 45 foot barge sank in the Kuskokwim River on Aug. 24.
