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KYUK reporters Evan Erickson and Emily Schwing, as well as former reporters Francisco Martínezcuello and Sunni Bean, received awards at the 2024 Alaska Press Club Awards ceremony in Anchorage on April 20. News director Sage Smiley also received awards for work at KSTK in Wrangell, Alaska.
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The state of Alaska is appealing its defeat in a lawsuit brought by the federal government over control of salmon fisheries on the Kuskokwim River in Southwest Alaska.
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Yup'ik and Inupiaq spelling bees, like the one held in Anchorage on Sat. April 13, in Anchorage, are a relatively new experience for students. But organizers of this year's statewide Native language spelling bee believe they help to boost reading and writing skills. Literacy is a big challenge for Indigenous languages that a few generations ago were never written, only spoken.
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Forecasts for chinook, chum, sockeye, and coho are mostly in line with what was seen last year.
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There are more options than ever for treating alcohol use disorder in Alaska, including several medications that can make it easier for some people to reduce or stop drinking.
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The Alaska Native Heritage Center gets funding to expand cultural tourism.
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As spring sweeps into Alaska, weather and water scientists turn their attention to predicting when the ice of rivers around the state will break apart. It’s an educated guessing game that gets more specific as potential breakup dates get closer.
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The villages of Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok and Quinhagak will be eligible to harvest moose in the Kuskokwim River hunt area in Unit 18.
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Decision will become a ‘hot-button legislative item’ in final weeks of session, lawmakers say.
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Panel members heard presentations and public comments on a range of salmon issues, including a recent Alaska Canada agreement to close chinook salmon fishing for 7 years.
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Fishery council seeks more information before deciding on chum bycatch in Bering Sea pollock fisheryThe North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which manages federal fisheries in Alaska, will continue to explore options for how to manage chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery.
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On April 1, a young humpback whale was found tied up in a probable fishing line and anchored down in a busy area in Iliuliuk Bay. Four days later, a group of whale entanglement experts carefully cut the line wrapped around the humpback's mouth and tail.
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The pollock fishery currently has a cap on Chinook bycatch, but those asking for stricter limits say the restrictions don’t go far enough.
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A storm that buffeted Bethel Monday night (April 15) clocked one of the highest recorded wind gust speeds in the city in at least 45 years.
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The path of totality for a 2033 solar eclipse will pass through Western Alaska, including through coastal and lower Yukon River villages. Bethel will just miss out on the path of totality.
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