Municipal Elections

A voter casts their ballots in Bethel's municipal election and REAA election at the Yupiit Picaryarait Cultural Center in Bethel on Oct. 6, 2026.

Politics

Initial results are in for Bethel's municipal election, REAA school board elections

Evan Erickson

With results yet to be certified, elections officials have announced likely winners in races for four seats on the Bethel City Council, as well as school board seats for half a dozen districts across the Y-K Delta.

KYUK's Samantha Watson and Kelly Lincoln of the Delta Discovery ask questions of candidates for the Bethel City Council — (from left to right) Pamela Conrad, Alicia Miner, Rose "Sugar" Henderson, Lillian Okpaleke, Greg Schiedler, and Joseph Klejka — at KYUK's Bethel City Council Candidates Forum at Bethel City Hall on Sept. 17, 2026.

Politics

Highlights from the 2026 Bethel City Council Candidates Forum

Evan Erickson

On Sept. 17, six of seven candidates running for four seats on the council made their cases for how to strengthen the community, and what they can bring to public office.

The lower Yukon River community of Pilot Station is seen in 2005.

Public Safety

Former Pilot Station mayor pleads guilty to felony election interference

Evan Erickson

In Bethel Superior Court on Nov. 14, Arthur Heckman Sr. admitted to concealing municipal ballots and directing officials to not hold an election. He faces five years of probation.

Politics

Unofficial Municipal Election Results Show Watson, Maczynski, and Ayagalria Leading

The unofficial results for the 2016 Bethel City Council elections show Fred Watson, Byron Maczynski, and Norman Ayagalria in the lead for the council’s…