Health

For most his life, local elder and traditional healer Paul Gregory roamed the tundra, gathering medicinal plants, subsisting, and mushing. Wednesday, after a funeral service at the Bethel Moravian Church, Gregory’s family and friends laid his body to rest in that tundra. Gregory died Saturday at the age of 85. KYUK went to the funeral and has this remembrance:

In 2015, Western Alaska had the highest rate of sexual assault in the state per capita. By far. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind study from the Alaska Department of Public Safety that compiles reports of sexual assault from all state law enforcement agencies. 

Have you had a hard time getting an appointment at the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation? It might be because someone didn’t show up for their appointment. YKHC is trying to spread the word that cancelling an appointment beforehand means someone else can be seen.

Emmonak’s damaged sewer system, which left hundreds without service this week, has been jump-started. 

On Monday, a fire disabled Emmonak's sewage treatment plant, leaving the city unable to provide sewer service to hundreds of homes in the village.

In the city you can see time passing as ice forms on the last open water of the Yukon River. It’s this battle with the quickly approaching winter that the city is up against as it races to fix its damaged water and sewer system before the pipes freeze for good.