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YKHC Says Napaskiak No Longer Has Community Spread Of COVID-19

By • Aug 6, 2020
Mark Leary / Bethel Search and Rescue

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation says that there is no longer community spread of COVID-19 in Napaskiak. 

Alaska Airlines To Require Masks For All Passengers

By Julia O'Malley- Alaska Public Media • Aug 6, 2020
Dean Swope / KYUK

Beginning Aug. 7, Alaska Airlines will require all passengers over 2 years old to wear face coverings, without exception.

UPDATE: 12-Year-Old Boy Missing In Bethel Found

By & • Aug 5, 2020

Update: At 5:44 p.m. on Aug. 5, the Bethel Police Department reported that Eddie Changsak had been found safe and sound. 

Original Story

A 12-year-old Alaska Native boy is missing in Bethel. The Bethel Police Department reports that Eddie Changsak left a residence, 1023 Ridgecrest, around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, and has not been seen since. Changsak was last seen wearing a black shirt and grey pants. If you have news or information on his whereabouts, please call the BPD at 907-543-3781.

YKHC Announces 38th Coronavirus Case

By • Aug 4, 2020
Greg Kim

On Aug. 4, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation confirmed another positive COVID-19 case in a resident of a village in their service area. The person tested positive in Anchorage, and YKHC was notified late on Aug. 3. The person has been out of the region for the past two weeks and is currently self-isolating in Anchorage. That makes the fourth case this week, and the 38th case that YKHC has announced. 

YKHC Announces Three Cases Of COVID-19 Confirmed Over Weekend

By • Aug 3, 2020
Samples for COVID-19 testing are collected using a cotton swab like the one pictured here from the lab at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation hospital in Bethel, Alaska.
Katie Basile / KYUK

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced three cases of COVID-19 over the weekend.

Mountain Village Closes Doors To Nonresidents During Pandemic

By • Aug 3, 2020
Courtesy of Google Maps

The Lower Yukon community of Mountain Village is shutting its doors to nearby nonresidents unless they have permission to enter from the tribe, according to City Manager Michelle Peterson.

UPDATE: Child Missing In Bethel Found

By • Aug 3, 2020

Update 11:36 a.m.:

Nine-year-old Lawrence Charles Jr. has been found. Bethel Police Department sent out an alert at 11:26 a.m. saying that the child had been found "safe and sound."

Original Story

A Bethel child has been missing since 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. Nine-year-old Lawrence Charles Jr. went to get something outside of his home on Ptarmigan Street Sunday night. He’s Alaska Native, 4-feet tall, weighs 90 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray sweater, red shirt, and blue or black sandals. Anyone with news of his whereabouts, please call 911 or contact the police at 907-543-3781.

Slideshow: Summer In Newtok And Mertarvik

By • Aug 3, 2020
Mertarvik , Alaska on July 14, 2020.
Katie Basile / KYUK

Those who have moved to Mertarvik are making themselves at home.

Testing And Quarantining In The Y-K Delta

By • Jul 30, 2020
Samples for COVID-19 testing are collected using a cotton swab like the one pictured here from the lab at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation hospital in Bethel, Alaska.
Katie Basile / KYUK

The first person in Bethel died of COVID-19 this weekend. Dr. Ellen Hodges, Chief of Staff with the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, says that the case was travel related, and there’s no indication that anyone else in the region was infected.


One Kongiganak Man Dies, Another Survives After Being Thrown From Boat

By • Jul 29, 2020
The red pin shows the location of the Tagayarak River near Tuntutuliak, Alaska.
Google Maps screenshot

A man died after being thrown out of a boat near Tuntutuliak. The accident occurred July 28 on the Tagayarak River, a tributary of the Kuskokwim River.

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