Alaska State News

While Bethel’s community fair and summer reading festival were underway, state lawmakers showed up to honor the Kuskokwim Consortium Library with a legislative citation for its work organizing another event earlier this year – KuskoCon.

UPDATE: Atchak was located alive and safe in the area on Aug. 14.

The move to close coho fishing comes just days after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued its own coho closure, citing drastically reduced numbers at the Kuskokwim River sonar.

The Right of Entry forms are required for households that may need or have already received certain types of assistance related to winterization and debris removal. They allow authorized recovery agencies to enter properties to inspect, document, and complete recovery work.

For many in Bethel whose contracts come to an end, summer is the season of goodbyes. That goes for this year's cohort of Jesuit Volunteers, known commonly as JVs.

Voters who may not have an in-person polling place in their community can vote absentee in-person for the upcoming 2026 primary election at polling locations that include Bethel and Anchorage.

Tribal, community, and business leaders, city and state officials, extended family members, and old friends packed into the National Guard Readiness Center to share the ways they say Alaska’s longest-serving state legislator made a positive impact in rural Alaska.

Many of ex-typhoon Halong’s impacts are tangible and concrete, like damage to infrastructure and calls for village relocation. But some of the greatest impacts may be invisible.

Commercial salmon fishing is a distant memory on the Kuskokwim River. But down the Bering Sea coast, local fishermen with the Independent Fishermen of Quinhagak Cooperative have been fighting to keep a small commercial fishery alive and bring much-needed cash into communities.

For the village of Quinhagak, the storm flooded a critical piece of their past: an archaeological dig. This summer, an emergency dig will help them excavate that past before it's gone.