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BPD Hunts For More Info On Missing Man Last Seen In Bethel In October

By • Dec 27, 2018
Courtesy of BPD

This story will be updated as KYUK gets more information. 

The Bethel Police Department reported 61-year-old Daniel Smith missing on December 27. He's from Hooper Bay and was visiting Bethel this fall. Alaska State Troopers notifed BPD that Smith was missing on Dec. 21. 

Bethel Police Chief Burke Waldron says that Smith's brother and sister, Jonathan and Wilma Smith told BPD that they had not seen him since October or early November. He was last seen in Bethel during September and October. 

Nunapitchuk Man Arrested For Stabbing

By • Dec 17, 2018
Courtesy of Google Maps

On December 8, a young man in Nunapitchuk stabbed a family member in the rear of the shoulder with an ulu, strangled another family member, and then assaulted a third, according to the Alaska State Troopers. The troopers responded to the attack from Bethel and say that alcohol played a role. 

Gov. Walker Appoints New Judge To Bethel Superior Court

By • Nov 26, 2018
Christine Trudeau / KYUK

Gov. Bill Walker tapped a Bethel lawyer to fill a Bethel Superior Court vacancy.

Terrence Haas currently works as an assistant public defender in Bethel, where he supervises both Bethel and Dillingham’s public defender offices.

Haas earned a law degree at the Roger Williams University School of Law in 2007, and clerked for the Rhode Island Supreme Court before coming to Bethel 10 years ago.

Kwethluk Man Allegedly Attempts To Murder Uncle During Thanksgiving Day Hunting Trip

By • Nov 26, 2018
Google Maps screenshot of Kwethluk, AK

A Kwethluk man is being charged with the attempted murder of his uncle after a Thanksgiving Day hunting trip went bad. 

Village Police Officer To Be Honored For Improving The Lives Of Alaska Native Women And Children

By • Oct 17, 2018
Mountain Village Village Police Officer Anna Bill at the Alaska Airlines terminal on October 16, 2018 during a layover in Bethel on her way to Anchorage to receive the 2018 Shirley Demientieff Award at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention.
Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK

It was 10 a.m. and Anna Bill had just fallen asleep. It had been another rough night. She’d taken one person into custody and had responded to a suicide attempt. The Mountain Village village police officer had already drifted off when Gov. Bill Walker called.


Napakiak TPO Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Minor

By • Oct 12, 2018
Screenshot from Google Maps

Alaska State Troopers arrested a Napakiak tribal police officer on charges of sexually abusing a minor. 

Alaska Tribal Courts Receive Infusion Of Federal Funds

By & • Oct 12, 2018

The state of Alaska now has federal funds to advance a program to use tribal courts to handle misdemeanor crimes. Alaska Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth has been working with tribal courts to create a simple process for transferring cases, known as a civil diversion agreement, to enable tribal courts to handle low level crimes in a more culturally sensitive manner. But there has been a problem: Lindermuth says that the state and tribes need more resources to get the program rolling. 

Man 'On The Run' Arrested For Breaking Into Bethel City Hall

By • Oct 9, 2018
Joseph Wilson, age 32, has been charged with two felonies and one misdemeanor for breaking into Bethel City Hall on October 5, 2018.
Courtesy of the Bethel Police Department

After searching for two days last week, Bethel police finally found the man they wanted at city hall.


Public Safety Persists As Top Issue For Y-K Delta Tribes

By • Oct 5, 2018
Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK

This time last year, there were eight Village Public Safety Officers across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Now there are nine, and one more is undergoing a background check as part of the application process. The region contains 56 tribes, and many don’t have any law enforcement at all.


Bethel Man Fined $100 For Advertising Moose Meat For Sale On Facebook

By • Oct 2, 2018
National Park Service

The Facebook post showed gallon-sized bags of moose ribs for $25 each and appeared on the private page "Bethel Bargains." Selling big game meat is illegal in Alaska, and the post's creator, Arnold Lupie, age 36, of Bethel, received a minor offense charge.


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