Mekoryuk

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.

Fifty-seven-year-old Leonard Olrun has been convicted of sexually abusing three children aged 13 to 14 in Mekoryuk in 2020 and 2021.

“I was scared. I felt like puking at first, but then it got better as we were playing,” said Dana Kiokun, one of Meyoryuk’s two female players.

“I was super-very nervous,” said sophomore Harvey Wesley. “Because it was my first game, and I was nervous and I was scared.”

Elder Eula Acurunaq David passed away on May 29 at the age of 90. Originally from Scammon Bay, David was a worldly, culturally fluid and fluent woman who went on to live in Fortuna Ledge, Mekoryuk, and eventually Bethel. She had a long and robust career as a community health aide in Mekoryuk, and later as medical translator in Bethel.

The Nunivak Island community of Mekoryuk has reached a tremendous vaccination milestone. It has reached as close to 100% vaccination of its eligible…

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A mother-daughter duo has helped Mekoryuk, population 200, become the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta community with the highest amount of its eligible population…

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RavnAir has suspended all flights between villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, and to many rural communities across the state.The state’s largest…