Akiachak

The Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race Red Lantern award, given to the last-place finisher, is meant to honor perseverance in the sled dog sport. It’s a word fitting for the story of a 17-year old musher’s first-ever 300-mile race.

High school boys in Akiachak can “forget the muscle cars,” said Barron Sample, principal of the village’s school. “You get the muscle dogs,” he said. Welcome to the mushing-crazed Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta — the one region of Alaska where the sport of mushing seems to be thriving, not just surviving.

The end of high school cross country season is in sight. Runners from the middle and upper Kuskokwim are headed to state this weekend after an exciting regional meet.

Merna Lomack Wharton takes a conservative approach with her signature touches as she pieces together regalia based on her great-grandmother’s design.

Last month, Akiachak Native Community cut the ribbon on a brand new health clinic. Village health aides say the new, larger space will help them to better serve the community.

Alaska State Troopers say video footage shows a man entering an unoccupied police station in the early morning hours, where he takes the keys to a side-by-side and later appears to take a phone call.

Fifty-year-old John Hammonds was found guilty of sexually assaulting two victims, including at his home in Akiachak in 2021.

Troopers say 59-year-old Roy Michael Jr. was found deceased in an open field somewhere between Akiachak and Kwethluk on the morning of Feb. 21.

Snyder told KYUK’s trail reporter that his dogs have bad frostbite and he ‘doesn’t want to hurt them any more.'

According to an arrest warrant, 55-year-old Edward Peter and his two sons, 30-year-old Zack Peter and 23-year-old Max Peter, were charged with six felony counts of alleged assault on Jan. 2.