This week, Russian Orthodox communities across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta celebrate Slaviq — the celebration of the birth of Christ well-known in the region for its tradition of starring.

Bethel Police updated their social media post to say that 21-year-old Cache Trammell had been located.

The Bering Sea move is part of a wider action that withdrew Atlantic and Pacific areas from the federal leasing program, expanding existing no-leasing policies.

Troopers say they received reports on the evening of Jan. 4 that 55-year-old Jimmy Lupie had sustained a puncture wound to his chest, walked to the home of a village public safety officer (VPSO) for help, and later succumbed to his injuries.

Tribal policy experts got together on Jan. 3 in anticipation of a fisheries management decision that could eventually set a limit on chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery.

Last month, Bethel’s library director was honored with a national librarian award – one of just 10 people in the country to receive it.

Unangam Tunuu is taught in only a handful of classes in the public school system, and outside these sessions, the language is seldom spoken in everyday conversation. The struggle on St. Paul mirrors trends across Alaska. A 2024 report from the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council, a legislative council that advises the governor's office, found that all of the state’s Indigenous languages are critically endangered, with some spoken by fewer than a dozen people.

Unalaska High School junior Cache Henning came within one point of winning the Alaska state wrestling title for the 130-pound weight class last weekend. Henning faced Mt. Edgecumbe wrestler Elden Andrew in the championship match at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. Despite the narrow loss, Unalaska Head Coach Rainier Marquez said Henning’s second-place finish is a major accomplishment.

In the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, where evergreen trees can be sparse, the region has its own ways of ringing in the holiday season.

In 2021, students in the sixth-grade class designed ornaments to represent the state of Alaska. This year, they are on display again.