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Registration Opens For 2019 Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race

By • Oct 1, 2018
The 2018 Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race start line in Bethel, Alaska.
Katie Basile / KYUK

Monday marked the first day that mushers could sign up for the 2019 Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race. 

K300 Raises Purses For All Three Signature Races

By & • Sep 24, 2018
Katie Basile / KYUK

While Alaska’s two biggest sled dog races have reduced their prize money, the Kuskokwim 300 is doing the opposite. The Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee has raised the purses of its three largest races for the fifth time in seven years. The increase is $10,000 per race. 


Video: Pit Or No Pit? LKSD Journalism Students Ask The Question Of The Weekend.

By • Sep 14, 2018
Twenty-one high school girls from schools across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta compete in Bethel's brutal cross-country Pit Race on September 16, 2017.
Austin Fitka

There's a fiery debate in Bethel over a grueling tradition coming to an end. For the first time since the 1990s, the Bethel Regional High School Cross-Country Invitational will not run through the notorious Bethel sand pit. 

Here’s What It Is At LKSD: Rubber Boat Regatta, Volleyball, And Cross-Country

By • Sep 14, 2018
LKSD journalism students Lucilia Angaiak of Tununak, Dorothy Jackson of Nightmute, Katya John of Tuntutuliak, and Kaylee King of Mekoryuk.
Patrick Williams / LKSD

School is back in session and student journalists at the Lower Kuskokwim School District are hard at work. A new crew of reporters are continuing the weekly segment called “Here’s What It Is At LKSD.” It’s a regular roundup of activities happening across the school district. What’s happening this weekend is sports.


Bethel Volleyball Invitational Sets Up This Weekend

By • Aug 30, 2018
The Bethel Warriors placed third at the Western Conference Regional Volleyball Tournament at Bethel Regional High School.
KYUK Staff

The Bethel Regional High School volleyball team will play its first home game this weekend. The Bethel Volleyball Invitational sets up in the Warrior Dome. Four teams will be competing: Bethel, Barrow, Valdez, and Othello High School from Washington state. The games begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday and run through Saturday night.

Seahawks Linemen Learn About Yup'ik Culture On Whirlwind Trip To Bethel

By Teresa Cotsirilos • Jul 12, 2018
Seattle Seahawks offensive linemen Joey Hunt and Jordan Roos visited the Lulu Herron Elders Home on July 11, 2018.
Aleina Tanabe/KYUK

Professional football players embarked on a whirlwind tour of Bethel on Wednesday. Seattle Seahawks offensive linemen Joey Hunt and Jordan Roos were in town for a grand total of nine hours and got a crash course in Yup'ik culture.


Seattle Seahawks Offensive Linemen Traveling To Bethel

By • Jul 9, 2018

Professional football players from the NFL are coming to Bethel, and they plan to play games with Bethel-area youth.  

Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race 2019 Dates Announced

By • Jun 25, 2018
A local Kuskokwim sled dog team prepares to race in December 2017.
Katie Basile / KYUK

Mushers and sled dog racing fans alike can mark their calendars for what many competitors call the toughest mid-distance race in Alaska.

Bethel Wrestlers Dominate AUSAW State Wrestling Tournament

By Teresa Cotsirilos • May 7, 2018
Bethel's Freestyle Wrestling Club dominated at the AUSAW State Wrestling Tournament.
Courtesy of Darren Lieb.

Bethel’s very own Landon Smith dominated the competition at the Alaska USA Wrestling (AUSAW) State Wrestling Tournament this weekend. Smith won all three tournaments on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, snagging one of the competition’s very few Triple Crowns.

A Successful Start For BRHS Track And Field

By Amara Freeman • May 7, 2018
Patrick Williams / LKSD

 

Bethel Regional High School offered students the chance to compete in a new sport this spring: track and field. Through the persistence and interest of both students and teachers, BRHS has been cheering on their record setting runners.

Sophomore Lindsey Beans-Polk started planning what events she wanted to participate in before the season started. "I think I want to do one of the sprints," she said. "And if there’s pole vaulting, I want to try that. I’ve never done it, but I want to try it."

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