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MaryCait Dolan/KYUKHouseholds that rely on subsistence and were negatively impacted by salmon crashes on the Kuskokwim and Yukon rivers during the 2022 fishing season can now apply for federal disaster relief funds. -
Alaska Public Media and KCAWMore results are expected Nov. 13, but with the latest update, the Associated Press estimates 84% of votes have been counted. -
MaryCait Dolan/KYUKIn October, a Bethel judge sentenced 22-year-old Shaquille Carawan to serve 120 years, with 50 years suspended, for the murder of 18-year-olds Abigail Olson and Novely Rivers. -
Gabby Salgado/KYUKOnly about 30% of Alaska Native voters showed up to the polls in 2024. -
Francisco Martínezcuello/KYUKEarlier this year, Bethel firefighters accused the City of Bethel of cutting their hourly pay by nearly a third. The city said the reduction wasn’t a pay cut, but a return to the status quo after thousands of dollars were mistakenly paid to employees. A partial resolution still leaves questions about the long-term future of the Bethel Fire Department. -
Matt Faubion/Alaska Public MediaA public records lawsuit is the latest sign of possible skirmishes ahead as ballots are counted in the U.S. Senate race.
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Alaska’s election night brought surprises, close races, and the likelihood of a Democratic governor for the first time in nearly 25 years. -
Frontrunner candidates for House District 38 and Senate District S seats held onto slim leads in the early hours of Nov. 4, with both races likely to proceed to ranked tabulation. -
Nick Begich, the nephew of former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, is a Republican who generally sticks close to President Trump. -
With more than 98% of precincts reporting, Democrat Mary Peltola held a slight lead over incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. -
On Nov. 3, voters took to polls across the country to cast their votes in the midterm election. In Bethel, poll workers and community members said that it appeared to be a stand-out voting year. KYUK asked voters what made this election important. -
Two lawsuits were filed against the Alaska Division of Elections over the failure to open early and absentee-in-person voting locations in 18 rural communities. Officials say 13 sites were open Nov. 2.
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The Division of Elections counted 5,612 more ballots Wednesday, bringing the count to an estimated 86% of the expected vote. -
It's called Shég’ Xdaltth’i’, Athabascan for "they were there," and it dates back to about 13,800 years ago, when humans were still making their way across the Bering Land Bridge from Asia into North America. -
The report recommends an independent “adequacy study” of the state’s school funding formula to see what should be tweaked in order to help students meet state standards. -
Thousands of ballots remain to be counted. More results are due Tuesday and Friday.
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