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Racers swam, biked, and ran their way through Bethel’s first triathlon on July 12, centered around the community pool. But while athletes say it was Bethel’s first traditional triathlon, the three-sport race has a history in the community.
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Members of Bethel's LGBTQ+ community and their allies gathered at the Cultural Center on Saturday, July 12 for the sixth annual Bethel community Pride celebration.
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The Trump administration has pulled more than $2.7 billion in climate grants, hitting vulnerable communities the hardest.
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Despite unfinished business in the Alaska Legislature, school districts across the state have reached the deadline to submit the operating budgets that will carry them into 2026. Most of the sprawling districts that serve the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta say they have already planned for the worst.
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Naneng’s former boyfriend, 24-year-old Edward Atcherian, has been charged with second-degree murder for Naneng’s death and is currently being held at the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center in Bethel.
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Troopers said the man has been identified as 37-year-old Benjamin Edmund, and that they were notified on the evening of July 9 that the body had been discovered floating in a slough near the community at the mouth of the Yukon River.
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The blaze in the early morning hours of July 8 was likely caused by faulty electrical wiring, according to a city administrator. No injuries have been reported.
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The withheld grants are aimed at instruction improvements, English language learning, and other areas.
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What do a triathlon, a mud volleyball tournament, a Saturday Market, a Pride march, and a drag show have in common? They're all happening July 12 in Bethel.
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Edward Atcherian, 24, faces second-degree murder charges after police officers found a deceased woman in a residence during a welfare check on the evening of Sunday, July 6.
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Community members in red, white, and blue lined the streets of Bethel Friday morning as the city's annual Fourth of July parade made its way through town under sunny skies.
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KYUK reporter Emily Schwing has spent the last two and a half years digging into the relocation of Newtok to Mertarvik, the money that’s been spent, and the infrastructure on both sides of the river. She sat down with KYUK News Director Sage Smiley to talk about some of her findings.
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According to Alaska State Troopers, 49-year-old Nicholas Tucker Jr. shot the minor following an altercation with his son in the early morning hours of July 1. The girl lost her arm in the incident.
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in springtime can feel like a bit of a bird superhighway. A study released last year underscores how important the area is to the lives of millions of birds.
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Meanwhile, Fish and Game is putting more restrictions on the fishery.
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Their distinct version of cricket fills every Saturday of the summer and involves dancing, barbeque and lots of laughter.
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Justin Dipaola-Allen, a self-described “weekend warrior,” spends his free time hiking and running in the park’s nearly half-million rugged acres around Anchorage.
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The name “Nazi Creek” will no longer be used for federal databases or maps. On Thursday, the Domestic Names Committee for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted unanimously to rename Alaska’s Nazi Creek to “Kaxchim Chiĝanaa.” In English, the name can be translated to “creek or river belonging to Kangchix̂ or gizzard island” or “gizzard creek,” and reflects the Unangax̂ name for the island of Little Kiska, which sits about 240 miles east of Attu, in the Western Aleutians.
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