The body of 65-year-old Albert Williams was located on Wednesday, May 28 on the east side of Nunivak Island around 20 miles from Mekoryuk, troopers say. The body of a second man who is missing, 72-year-old Samuel Shavings, has not been located.

The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

Two men are missing after a skiff sank off the coast of Mekoryuk on Monday, May 26, according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers said 72-year-old Samuel Shavings and 65-year-old Albert Williams remain missing. A search is ongoing.

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.

The boaters seemed to have been stranded by shifting sea ice, according to a member of the crew. None of the four who were rescued required medical attention.

According to Bethel police, an anonymous caller threatened violence against the Orutsararmiut Traditional Native Council (ONC) offices in the early afternoon hours of May 19 and claimed there was a bomb on the premises.

Rudolf Waska, 32, was initially charged with second-degree murder and a string of other felony charges for the 2021 death of 39-year-old Brian Agwiak. The case remains open for Waska’s alleged accomplice in the crime, 38-year-old Darren Hootch.

Forrest Jenkins, 68, was initially arrested for the hit and run incident in Nov. 2024, hours after responders found 48-year-old Jesse Frank on the side of Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway near the Bethel airport.

In the last few years, seasonal transitions in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have become more disruptive. Now every spring, when the region undergoes a great thaw and chunks of ice break free from frozen rivers, residents find themselves living in high water.

UPDATE: The National Weather Service has canceled the flood warning for Kalskag.While the river ice in front of Bethel has officially broken up, a flood warning remains in place until the evening of May 7 roughly 90 miles up the Kuskokwim River at Kalskag. An ice jam has sent water over the road connecting the lower and upper sections of the community.