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YKHC Tribal Unity Conference Wrap Up

By Christine Trudeau • Apr 24, 2018
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation met for their annual Tribal Unity Gathering at the Bethel Cultural Center two weeks ago. The group pictured here is discussing meeting Healthy People goals in their tribal communities.
Courtesy of Mitchell Forbes / Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation

  

Two weeks ago, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation met for their annual Tribal Unity Gathering at the Bethel Cultural Center. KYUK’s Christine Trudeau sat down with YKHC Interim Public Relations Director Mitchell Forbes to get an update on what was discussed between the tribes and the health agency.

 

 


YKHC Announces Health Aide Worker Of The Year And Pay Raise For All Health Aides

By Christine Trudeau • Apr 18, 2018
Earlene Wise of Kalskag (center) was named YKHC’s 2018 Health Aide of the Year. Here she is posing with her supervisor/instructor Joseph Okitkun (left) and Field Supervision Coordinator Katherine Evon (right).
Courtesy of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation

  

Last week, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced a salary bump for all the health aides across its network. The company also named Earlene Wise of Kalskag YKHC’s Health Aide Worker of the Year. The announcement came during YKHC’s annual Tribal Unity Gathering with Delta tribal administrations.

 

Bethel Family Clinic's Executive Director Steps Down

By Teresa Cotsirilos • Apr 4, 2018
After eleven years of service, Bethel Family Clinic Executive Director LaTesia Guinn resigned on March 26, 2018.
KYUK Staff

The executive director of Bethel Family Clinic abruptly resigned late last month. LaTesia Guinn stepped down on March 26 after serving as the clinic’s director for 11 years.

Bethel Alcohol Issues To Come Up At Nome Meeting

By • Apr 2, 2018
Eighteen packs of canned beer line the shelves at the opening of BNC's liquor store, Bethel Spirits, on Sept. 27, 2016.
Dean Swope/KYUK

Bethel’s alcohol issues are a substantial part of the Alaska Alcohol Beverage Control Board’s agenda when it meets in Nome on Tuesday. The Board intends to review a listening session that was held by state officials in Bethel last month.

Lack Of Mice Holds Up Final Botulism Test Results

By Christine Trudeau & • Mar 30, 2018
Courtesy of the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation

 

The final test results for the botulism initially found in preliminary tests on a native salad dish sold at the Cama-i Festival two weeks ago are taking a bit longer than expected. That’s due to having to import laboratory mice.

 

GCI Says Cell To Landlines Outage Caused By Equipment Failure

By Christine Trudeau & Teresa Cotsirilos • Mar 29, 2018
GCI says that cellphone calls to landlines were not going through on Thursday morning due to equipment failure.
Dean Swope / KYUK

 

A temporary outage knocked out Bethel’s 911 system for a short while on Thursday.

 

Native Salad From Cama-i Preliminarily Tests Positive For Botulism

By • Mar 24, 2018
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation has slowly taken over the state's role in approving travel for Medicaid care.
Courtesy of the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation

Throw away any leftover Native Salad that you bought from the Cama-i Dance Festival. 

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation reports that a sample of the salad containing whale and whale oil has preliminarily tested positive for botulism. It will take at least a week for the Alaska State Public Health Lab to release confirmation.

Hooper Bay Holds Its First Sobriety Celebration

By • Mar 23, 2018
Flickr Creative Commons

The annual Louis Bunyan Memorial Dance Festival happens this weekend in Hooper Bay. People will be snowmachining in from surrounding communities such as Chevak and Marshall to watch and experience the spring dancing. And this year, they're seeing something more: talking circles on sobriety. 


Possible Botulism Case Linked To "Native Salad" Sold At Cama-i

By Teresa Cotsirilos • Mar 22, 2018
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation urged residents with botulism symptoms to seek medical attention.
Dean Swope/KYUK

An adult from Bethel might have contracted botulism from a "Native Salad" that they bought at the Cama-i Dance Festival last weekend. While the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation suspects that this is a botulism case, the diagnosis is still unconfirmed.


Chefornak Tribal Council President Walter Lewis Dies In Snowmachine Accident

By • Mar 18, 2018

Chefornak’s Tribal Council President, Walter Lewis, is dead in an apparent snowmachine accident. A Medical Examiner report may help clarify what happened.

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