On Aug. 22, the body of 72-year-old Samuel Shavings was discovered by beachcombers just outside of Nome, nearly 300 miles from where he was first reported missing.

A Kuskokwim Delta coastal flood advisory and flood watch along the Kuskokwim River are in effect.

Bethel Police had been looking for a teenage girl who was last seen this weekend along Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway.

Public opinion was largely opposed to the show, fearing it would showcase Bethel’s most vulnerable community members.

According to the state’s Aug. 2 disaster declaration, the loss of the building has disrupted the community’s ability to maintain basic public safety services and emergency response.

The analysis, published Aug. 1, means that the Alaska State Troopers and most other law enforcement agencies will keep their policing policies the same as they have in recent years.

A live policing TV show is interested in featuring Bethel’s police department. This week, the Bethel City Council will vote about moving forward with the production.

The funds will go to cleaning up asbestos, contaminated sludge and soil and tar. Three sites will receive grants and the state knows of many more in need.

In the past decade, Bethel has increasingly relied on a policing system where officers work for two weeks, then take two weeks off. This lets some officers commute from thousands of miles away. And while the system helps with staffing, some victims of crime see it as the root of a problem.

On Tuesday, July 22, the National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the Sept. 2023 plane crash near St. Mary’s that resulted in the death of pilot Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., 57.