by Greg Lincoln The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches (AABC) will be hosting all-star games for graduating seniors including a college recruitment support, and skills competitions for 3-point shooting, free throws, and a slam dunk […]
by Governor Mike Dunleavy If you read the mainstream papers and blogs and spend just a little bit of time on social media these days, you will see, read, and be told that the education […]
The Alaska Council of School Administrators (ACSA) extends sincere gratitude to the bipartisan efforts of the Alaska Legislature for swiftly passing HB 193 as well as to Governor Dunleavy for promptly enacting the legislation. Special […]
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing the entire Kuskokwim River drainage (including all tributaries) to sport fishing for king salmon, effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday, March 21 through Thursday, July 25, 2024. This […]
by Cindy Andrecheck In July 1972, the University of Alaska established its first rural community college in Bethel, AK, the culmination of much hard work by a group of dedicated Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta residents and […]
Bethel Regional High School Principal Alicia Miner has been named Alaska Association of Secondary School Principals (AASSP) Region VII Principal of the Year. Bethel Regional High School is in the Lower Kuskokwim School District, where […]
by Seth LaCount The Alaska National Guard’s Bethel Readiness Center was dedicated to Maj. Robert Joseph Hoffman on March 15, 2024. Hoffman was joined by his loved ones, community members and fellow servicemembers in a […]
by Chester Mark and Joseph Okitkun Community Health Aides have been the foundation of health care in the Delta for decades. They are some of the most valuable resources in the village. Over the last […]
by Ned Rozell On these March nights, a male boreal owl has been singing from a wooden owl box near our home. The late biologist Dave Klein attached the nest box to a black spruce […]
Due to a preseason projection for a below-average king salmon run, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is closing the Yukon River drainage (excluding the Tanana River drainage) to sport fishing for king […]
Website commemorates event with photos, videos, and personal stories. On Good Friday, March 27, 1964 Good Friday at 5:36 p.m., violent shaking erupted without warning across Southcentral Alaska. The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in […]
3 year old Kallie Lewis of Kongiganak is happy for her ceturrnat tom cods that were caught at the Ilkivik River on August 22, 2023. photo by Marcy Daniel
Sport Fishing Kuskokwim River tributaries Salmon •Sport fishing for king and chum salmon is closed throughout the entire Kuskokwim-Goodnews Management area due to a below-average king and chum runs in the Kuskokwim River drainage. Sport […]
by Kailey Napoka This is the interview with Daniel Andrew of Tuluksak about his trip to Juneau. What did you learn in Juneau Things like working, listening, and talking. How to be in meetings. Who […]
by Ned Rozell Denali, North America’s highest peak at 20,310 feet above sea level, always seemed abnormally high to Peter Haeussler. He is a geologist who has studied the mountain for years and has also […]
February 23, 2024Comments Off on Elizabeth Peratrovich Day recognized nationally for second year
This week (Feb. 26th, 2024), the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution, introduced by Senator Dan Sullivan and cosponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), to nationally recognize February 16, 2024 as “Elizabeth Peratrovich Day,” […]
February 14, 2024Comments Off on Attorney General Treg Taylor joins 26 States in support of Texas Border Defense
On Monday (Jan 29th, 2024), Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined 26 other states in an Iowa and Utah-led letter to the Biden Administration, supporting Texas’s border defense. “The lack of resolve by the federal […]
The respectful hush of the gym, the atmosphere of focus and concentration, the gracious sportsmanship and comradery are the characteristics that embodies Native Youth Olympics, and this can be found wherever an NYO event is […]
The Bethel Warrior Cheerleaders are the region champions for the 3A Western Conference Cheer Competition which took place in Utqiagvik, AK March 8-9 and they also are the runners-up at the 2024 State Cheer competition. […]
by Delta Discovery Staff The top-seeded Hooper Bay Warriors took second place at the 2A Boys Basketball State championship finals this past weekend. They battled their way to the championship game March 14-16, 2024 at […]
The Bethel Warrior Cheerleaders are the region champions for the 3A Western Conference Cheer Competition which took place in Utqiagvik, AK March 8-9. They will be headed to compete at state on March 19, 2024. […]
Gloria Mark from Eek, Alaska enjoys reading the Delta Discovery newspaper while moose hunting up river on the North Side this September. Photo by Richard Mark, also of Eek.
by Tad Lindley Please take a look at last week’s issue for Part I. Why is it that people who weren’t there often know exactly what you should have done to be more successful?These self-proclaimed […]
by Peter Twitchell Well, this year‘s permanent fund application took up most of my time for the last two days. I would like to thank Anchorage news KTUU for reminding us of the deadline to […]
by Tad Lindley Did you ever go out and you fished really hard, maybe even tore up your net, and burned up a bunch of gas and yet you only came home with a few […]
by Dave Kutcher We get the age-old question all the time about when folks should begin their social security benefits. Do we wait until full retirement age, start as early as possible or even wait […]
by Peter Twitchell Doors open to you when you’re sober and when you sober up the world of opportunities opens up to you like it did for me. I want to talk about people I’ve […]
by Tad Lindley As we get close to the celebration of Easter by many Christians, I offer this explanation to attempt to cover a complex topic. This has run in previous years, but always on […]
This salad recipe is from The Alaskan Grub-Box by Sis Laraux who collected and compiled delicious recipes from her friends and relatives. This cold chicken salad recipe is from Patty Parlow Welch. Make and enjoy. […]
This bread recipe is from The Alaskan Grub-Box by Sis Laraux who collected and compiled delicious recipes from her friends and relatives. This sweet roll dough recipe is from Evelyn Elliott. Bake and enjoy. Quyana! […]
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today (March 20th, 2024) welcomed the announcement of more than $30.4 million for 42 climate resilience projects in tribal communities in […]
Today, March 15, 2024, at Doyon, Limited’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders, four individuals were elected to Doyon’s 13-member Board of Directors. Elected with three-year terms ending in 2025 were Walter “Wally” Carlo, Dr. Charleen C. […]
Bill provides law enforcement with tools to protect victims and save lives. The Alaska House Majority passed House Bill 316 (HB 316), a measure requiring telecommunications companies to immediately respond to law enforcement requests for […]
September 21, 2022Comments Off on BRHS hosts Invitational Volleyball weekend
The Bethel Regional High School volleyball teams hosted a weekend of slamtastic with teams from Chevak and Juneau-Douglas participating. The games started on Friday and continued on through Saturday. The Juneau-Douglas Bears varsity team came […]
Elias Leo Kelly was born on November 8, 1963, to Norman and Mary Kelly in Bethel, Alaska. His Yup’ik name is Allgiq, Caal Holt. Nicknames were “Chief” and “Jaborski.” Leo grew up in Pilot Station, […]
Roy Andrew Peratrovich Jr. – Yeil-Naawu – son of renowned civil rights activists Elizabeth and Roy Peratrovich Sr., passed away on Nov. 26, 2023, in Gig Harbor, Wash. A member of the Tlingit Nation, Roy […]
Mom, Mary Helen Paniyak, Paniyagaq. Born March 21, 1945 in Qissunaq. She used to tell the story of when she was born. She’d say she was born during the flu. The elders told her mom […]
March 26 – 27 Judgments John Mark Hammonds, 50 1st Degree Sexual Abuse of Minor, 1st Degree Sexual Assault, 2nd Degree Sexual Abuse of Minor, 2nd Degree Sexual Assault, Enticement of Minor, Unlawful Contact 86 […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers Bethel received a report of an unsalvaged moose in GMU 18, near Saint Mary’s. Further investigation revealed Monte Downing, age 71 of California, shot a 64” bull moose on September 17, 2023, […]
February 14, 2024Comments Off on Man convicted for possession of child pornography
Joseph Kashatok, 67, of Kipnuk, Alaska, was convicted on Feb. 2, 2024, after a jury trial of two counts of Possession of Child Pornography. The trial lasted a little under two weeks, and the jury […]
February 14, 2024Comments Off on Bethel woman pleads guilty to murder
Today (Jan. 16th, 2024), 36-year-old Stephanie Olrun entered a guilty plea to the charge of Murder in the Second Degree for the March 12, 2021, murder of her 2-year-old adopted daughter, Jane Olrun. Bethel Superior […]
March 29 • On 3-13-24 at 8:29 AM Medics were dispatched to a report of a pregnant patient experiencing abdominal pain. Patient was treated and transported to the hospital. • On 3-14-24 at 3:38 AM […]
by Kenneth Hargens 7 December 2021 This incident happened in 2018, I believe. Certainly not any later year. I am sure the month was September as the tourists had left and there was very little […]
July 26, 2018Comments Off on Berry pickers spy Bigfoot
by K.J. Lincoln On Saturday, August 3rd, 2013, a family from Bethel witnessed a very tall, black colored creature walking upright while they were out picking berries. The family of three – the dad and […]
July 26, 2018Comments Off on Hairy Man tracks along the Kisaralik River
by Delta Discovery staff The Kisaralik and Kasigluk rivers snake through the tundra together from the Kuskokwim River and make their way to the Kuskokwim and Kilbuck mountains. Hairy Man people, or Bigfoots, and/or their […]
July 25, 2018Comments Off on Hairy Man sighted in Napakiak
by Delta Discovery staff In late April 2013, a worker at the Napakiak village corporation was just taking a look outside the 2nd story window of the building during the early afternoon hours, when she […]
July 25, 2018Comments Off on Question about Hairy Man or Bigfoot in our land
by Delta Discovery staff By now, you may have read over a dozen stories of sightings of Hairy Man in the Y-K Delta. We still have many more stories that we have collected and will […]
July 25, 2018Comments Off on Whitefish set netters spot Bigfoot
by K.J. Lincoln Two fishermen from Bethel saw a creature too tall to be a human walking upright while checking their whitefish net at the upper mouth of Tarperrnaq River. Dana Kopanuk, was one of […]
