MATCOM received 911 calls advising of a plane that crashed into the Matanuska River near mile 99 of the Glenn Highway on 05/28/2022 at approximately 1834 hours. The plane was occupied by three individuals including […]
On May 25, 2022, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner’s Office received notice of an appeal to the Alaska Superior Court from Earthjustice, an environmental, non-governmental law organization representing Orutsararmiut Native Council and the […]
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, working collaboratively with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Office of the State Veterinarian, has confirmed the detection of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus […]
The Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers were notified that two adults recreating in the Pillar Mountain area had located a deceased juvenile on May 15, 2022, at approximately 12:30 pm. Alaska State Troopers […]
The Kuskokwim Ice Classic clock stopped on May 5, 2022 at 6:05 pm. The 2022 Kusko Ice Classic winner is Brenda Carmichael of Napaskiak. She had an exact guess of May 5, 2022 at 6:05 […]
The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) met in public by teleconference on May 4, 2022 and adopted Temporary Special Action FSA22-01 for conservation purposes. Specifically, the Board closed Federal public waters of the Yukon Northern Area […]
The Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) was deeply saddened to learn about the death of U.S. Representative Don Young. Representative Young was a powerful leader and his devotion to Alaska and to the Y-K […]
Today (March 18th, 2022), the Office of Congressman Don Young released the following statement: “It’s with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we announce Congressman Don Young (R-AK), the Dean of the House and revered […]
by Frank Keim This is another of those auks (alcids) I never saw while living in the YK Delta because its nesting areas in the Bering Sea were just too difficult for me to get […]
by Mary Catharine Martin Alaska is about to get thousands of miles of new salmon habitat — and how we manage that habitat will have long term implications for the salmon that find it. By […]
by Ned Rozell Caribou wearing cameras around their necks have filmed a secret world of mushroom nibbling, desperate head-shaking during bug episodes, and nuzzling of wet newborns seconds after they fall to the tundra. The […]
Steven H. Downs, age 47, is charged in the April 25, 1993, slaying of Sophie Sergie, age 20, of Pitkas Point, Alaska and the trial for her murder is now underway in Fairbanks, Alaska. Sergie […]
by Ned Rozell A bar-tailed godwit recently arrived in New Zealand on its second attempt to get there from Alaska, after a storm had blasted it back north. Keith Woodley of the Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird […]
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau today (Oct. 29, 2021) granted twenty additional 2.5 GHz spectrum licenses to serve Alaskan Native communities. To date, 292 applications received through last year’s FCC Rural Tribal Priority Window have […]
Today (Nov. 20th, 2021), the Doyon Settlement Trustees approved the Doyon Settlement Trust (DST) distribution amount of $14.25 per unit, or $1,425 per 100 units based on FY21 performance. This distribution is scheduled to be […]
Tisha Kuhns and Andrea Burgess among 4 Alaska Native women selected for prestigious national award. Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation is pleased to share the news of Vice President of Land and Natural Resources Tisha Kuhns’ selection […]
by Ned Rozell In the deep blue ocean just off the coast of Alaska, killer whales are now communicating with one another with clicks and whistles. Scientists are hearing them. Hannah Myers has listened to […]
ALET Session #21-02 includes eleven Alaska State Troopers, as well as recruits from several city, state, and borough police agencies. Graduating recruits completed more than 1,000 hours of training over the course of 16 weeks […]
by Ned Rozell Pencil-beaked shorebirds with the ability to stay airborne for a week — flying all the way from Alaska to New Zealand — rely on a few crescents of mudflat to fuel that […]
The Juneau Police Department received a report from an employee with Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT), that they had found a deceased person in the woods across from the area of the Auke Bay Ferry […]
Representatives Tiffany Zulkosky (D-Bethel) and Liz Snyder (D-Anchorage) invite Alaskans to join them, during the week of October 17-23, in recognizing and thanking frontline healthcare workers across the state for their continued service to Alaska […]
by Ned Rozell Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone […]
by Mary Catharine Martin Every day for decades, bear hunter, guide, and early 20th century Southeast Alaska homesteader Allen Hasselborg logged the temperature, rainfall and weather at Mole Harbor, on Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska. […]
Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum is seeking proposals for their Winter Lecture / Culture Share Series to be held on Zoom between late November of 2021 and mid-March of 2022. Speakers are invited to propose […]
Alaska nonprofits have through November 15 to submit applications for GCI Gives 2022 funding year. GCI’s philanthropy program, GCI Gives, has opened the application period for its 2022 grant cycle. From October 1 through November […]
Beginning the week of October 11th, an estimated 643,000 Alaskans will start to receive their 2021 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) in the amount of $1,114.00. Alaskans who are determined eligible by October 7, 2021, filed […]
by Ned Rozell I just so happened to be stretched out on good ol’ Mother Earth the other night when an earthquake happened. On a Memorial Day overnight canoe trip, a friend and I had […]
The State of Alaska today (Sept. 22nd, 2021) announced a plan that attempts to import hundreds of medical personnel as our state experiences the highest levels of COVID-19 at any point in the pandemic and […]
Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation’s Shawn Vainio, MD, FAAFP, was recently elected by his peers to serve as the President of the Alaska Academy of Family Physicians. (AKAFP). He is originally from Girdwood, Alaska. Dr. Vainio […]
Alaskans encouraged to participate and reconnect with themselves and fellow friends and neighbors during Suicide Prevention Month. GCI, Alaska’s leader in connectivity, has launched a free wellness challenge for Alaskans to find connection with their […]
by Ana Hoffman Bethel Native Corporation recently received $596,724.19 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Tribal Relief funds. The funds are provided to assist with unanticipated and necessary expenses related and […]
by Candis Olmstead Medevac aircrew from the Alaska Army National Guard provided emergency medical assistance and helicopter medical evacuation to a 75-year old man after he fell into a river and drowned, requiring immediate resuscitation […]
Today (Aug. 12th, 2021) the Alaska Redistricting Board received legacy-formatted PL 94-171 Redistricting data electronically from the United States Census Bureau. “We are excited to finally have numbers from the 2020 Census” said John Binkley, […]
by the Rasmuson Foundation Two remote community grocery stores, a small farm as a youth employment opportunity and shelter upgrades in Bethel are among 23 projects moving forward with support from Rasmuson Foundation to benefit […]
Bethany Samuelson, age 7, is excited about berry season here on the Kuskokwim. She went picking berries with her family when the salmonberries were ripe and ready. Photo by Allison Samuelson
Today (July 19th, 2021), Speaker of the House Louise Stutes (R – Kodiak) confirmed 23 appointees to the statewide Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity, created by passage House Resolution 8 this session. House Resolution […]
New smartphone app and texting tool will allow Alaskans from across the state to anonymously report tips on crime and illegal activity in their area. The Department of Public Safety is increasing its crime-fighting arsenal […]
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to keeping Canada safe from the threats posed by weapons and undeclared food and animal products. Today, the CBSA announced that border services officers seized eight undeclared […]
by Ned Rozell Leaving cloven hoof prints from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, more than 3,500 muskoxen live in Alaska. All of those shaggy, curly-horned beasts came from one group of […]
by David Bedard JBER, Alaska — When veteran Iditarod sled dog musher Aliy Zirkle woke up March 8, she didn’t find herself in a comfy bed. Instead, she awoke to the sight of her dog […]
by YKHC Staff YKHC encourages all residents to get vaccinated. The first case of the highly-transmissible delta variant of the COVID-19 virus has been identified in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta. The State of Alaska notified […]
by Calista Staff Nearly 10,000 shareholders qualified for $21,500 in prizes. Eleven Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation Shareholders are winners in the regular Early Bird proxy prizes for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Nearly 10,000 Shareholders […]
by DPS Staff ALET Session #21-01 includes nine Alaska State Troopers, as well as recruits from several city, state, and borough police agencies. In a graduation ceremony in Sitka 21 new law enforcement officers received […]
by Ned Rozell A few nights ago, stretched in a tent on the blue-gray gravel of the Lowe River floodplain, I woke to a series of sharp jolts. It felt like the earth was a […]
After a successful summer inventorying the local boreal forests around Lake Minchumina and McGrath in 2020, the Interior Alaska Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program is returning to the Upper Kuskokwim region in 2021. Even […]
With a $42,000 grant from the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak and the Alutiiq Museum are collaborating on a study of ancestral Alutiiq rock art. The project, which started in […]
Anchorage, AK and London, UK: With a goal of putting the Last Frontier first for broadband access, Alaska-owned Pacific Dataport signed a distribution partner agreement with OneWeb to partner on distributing connectivity services in the […]
Monday, May 31, 2021 is Memorial Day – a day to remember and honor the heroes of our country who died while serving in the U.S. military. On this day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars […]
by Mary Samson May 5, 2021 marked the graduation date for the Akiachak School. Kindergarten, eighth grade, and seniors walked the aisle to the stage as ticketed guests were seated in small family groups. Special […]
The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) admitted a juvenile ringed seal to the Wildlife Response Program yesterday on May 12, 2021. The male ringed seal was found in Dutch Harbor, outside the normal range for this […]
by YKHC Staff The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) announced (May 12, 2021) it is collaborating with school districts on a plan that supports students safely returning to school full time, in-person this fall, regardless of […]
New unit will coordinate interagency collaboration and strengthen existing law enforcement resources. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the formation of a new Missing & Murdered Unit (MMU) within the Bureau of Indian Affairs […]
by Ned Rozell Mike Davis lives in Oklahoma, but he has traveled to Alaska many times to work with our greatest athletes. Davis, an Oklahoma State University veterinarian and exercise physiologist has many times traveled […]
BETHEL, AK (April 20, 2021) – Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) reported Tuesday that the communities of Nightmute, Alakanuk and Bethel have each had one fox test positive for rabies in recent weeks. The YKHC Office […]
The House of Representatives today (April 9th, 2021) passed a bill to protect a cemetery in Southeast Alaska where Unangax people, taken from their homes on the Pribilof Islands during World War Two, were placed […]
by K.J. Lincoln Libby Riddles of Teller, Alaska was the first woman to win the Iditarod. She won it in 1985 on March 20th – 18 days after she began the 1,049 mile race. Libby […]
by K300 Staff We at the K300 are launching a new program this year. We’d like to keep as many of our trailmarkers as possible from littering our beautiful landscape or floating out to sea. […]
by Ned Rozell A few years ago, Link Olson wanted students in his mammalogy class to see one of the neatest little creatures in Alaska, the northern flying squirrel. He baited a few live traps […]
Alaska State Troopers received a report that a body had been discovered near a snowmachine by Bethel Search and Rescue just South of Bethel on March 3, 2021, at approximately 1320 hours. The deceased has […]
The Native Village of Kaktovik (NVK), the only federally recognized tribe in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), issues the following statement today (March 1st, 2021) in response to the Biden-Trudeau announcement to ‘safeguard the […]
Mid-Band Spectrum Licenses Granted to Facilitate Providing Advanced Wireless Communications Like 5G to 21 Native Communities. The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau granted this week an additional 21 spectrum licenses in the 2.5 GHz band to […]
by K300 Staff Stephen Maxie, of Napaskiak, is the sole winner of the first ever “K300 Challenge”. Maxie guessed that Richie Diehl would win the race with an elapsed time of 36 hours, 58 minutes […]
Zack and Brian Guest work on installing Kuskokwim Ice Road markers below Bethel. The official markers for the Kuskokwim Ice Road are provided by the State of Alaska Department of Transportation. The markers are being […]
by RurAL CAP Staff In December of 2011, the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (RurAL CAP) opened Karluk Manor, Anchorage’s inaugural Housing First facility, to eligible populations. For nine years, Karluk Manor has provided […]
by YKHC Staff On January 22, 2021, the YKHC Board of Directors met and adopted a resolution opposing the formation of a regional tribal government in the YK Delta. YKHC Resolution No. 2021.01.01. For nearly […]
At approximately 1736 hours the driver was taken into custody by Alaska State Troopers, Dillingham PD, and Southcentral SERT team members. The driver is being treated for injuries. No law enforcement officers were injured during […]
At approximately 1136 hours on February 18, 2021 the Dillingham Police Department (DPD) received a report of a vehicle in a ditch on a road in Dillingham. The complainant informed DPD that they believed that […]
by Ned Rozell Within their bulbous bodies, Steller sea lions of the western Aleutian Islands seem to carry more mercury than sea lions closer to mainland Alaska. By looking at tiny bits of fish and […]
* WHAT…Blizzard conditions. Additional snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches. Winds gusting as high as 50 mph. * WHERE…Kuskokwim Delta Coast and Nunivak Island. * WHEN…Until 9 PM AKST Thursday. * IMPACTS…Plan on slippery […]
by Ned Rozell Mike Taras has worked for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for many years, but this is the first time he has said the words “nuisance lynx.” Taras, a wildlife education […]
by Ned Rozell During the darkest days of Alaska’s winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights. Where the chickadees spend those long nights was a mystery until […]
by Ned Rozell Glass beads the size of blueberries found by archeologists in a Brooks Range house-pit might be the first European item ever to arrive in North America, predating the arrival of Columbus by […]
President Joe Biden has issued a flurry of executive orders that will have considerable economic impacts on the indigenous people of the North Slope of Alaska. His moratorium on oil and gas activity in the […]
Calista (cha-LIS-tuh) Corporation is pleased to announce that all 2020 Calista Corp. Settlement Trust distributions are non-taxable income. The 2020 Spring, Akilista and Elder distributions were paid from the Settlement Trust. These distributions are not […]
by Chloe Rossman The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) admitted a two-month-old sea otter pup to the Wildlife Response Program on December 12, 2020. The female pup was found stranded on a beach in Anchor Point […]
On the 12th anniversary of passage of the federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which improved workers’ legal rights to challenge wage discrimination in court, Representative Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, announced that she will introduce a […]
Alaska State Troopers received a report of 3 overdue individuals on a snow machine on 12/31/2020 at approximately 2103 hours. A Kotlik resident advised family and friends that he would locate the overdue party, but […]
The Alaska Federation of Natives stands solidly behind our Alaska Congressional Delegation, and in particular our Senior U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, in condemning the January 6th violence in the capitol against democratically elected officials and […]
by Alaska National Guard Staff Airmen and Soldiers of the Alaska National Guard are scheduled to depart here Jan. 17, headed to the National Capital Region to assist the District of Columbia National Guard and […]
K9 Balu-Mocha is a 3 year old Belgian Malinois and began his career with AST in May of 2017. K9 Balu has primarily been assigned to SDEU (Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit), working with a DEA […]
by Ned Rozell On Dec. 21 at 1:02 a.m. Alaska time, this big round head of a planet will tip back, pause, then slowly nod toward the sun. That breathless moment of stillness is the […]
by Edward Eagerton and Spc. Grace Nechanicky The Alaska National Guard shared their time-honored tradition of Operation Santa Claus by spreading goodwill and joy to remote Alaskan communities again this year. Despite the challenges of […]
by Ned Rozell Not long ago, John Wright of Fairbanks heard a thump against a window above his deck. He pulled on his coat and walked out to investigate. He was surprised to see a […]
by the K300 Race Committee In light of the ongoing “lockdown” mandates and recommendations in effect throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee has decided to postpone the 2021 K300. Originally scheduled to […]
The Alaska National Guard is assisting local, state and federal authorities with search and rescue efforts after a landslide Dec. 2 in Haines, Alaska, due to extreme weather, heavy rainfall and flooding during a record-breaking […]
The Doyon Settlement Trust Board of Trustees approved the Doyon Settlement Trust (DST) distribution amount of $6.71 per unit (share), or $671.00 per 100 shares on November 21st,2020. The first of these two non-taxable distributions […]
The U.S. Postal Service has tapped a Tlingit artist based in Juneau to create a Northwest Coast art stamp for distribution in 2021. The design of the stamp, titled “Raven Story” by Rico Lanáat’ Worl, […]
Delegation’s Landless Legislation Rectifies 50-Year Injustice. Bill Would Provide Lands and Rights Under ANCSA to Five Southeast Native Communities. U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today (Nov. 10th, 2020) […]
(Anchorage, AK) The Alaska Native Heritage Center is pleased to announce the completion of two traditional Dena’ina Athabascan style fish drying racks located on the ANHC campus. With project funding in part by The CIRI […]
ALET Session #20-02 is one of the academy’s largest graduating classes and includes fourteen Alaska State Troopers, eight Wildlife Troopers, as well as recruits from several city, state, and borough police agencies In a graduation […]
Ravn Air Group today (October 26th, 2020) announced that it has completed its final going concern sale to Monocoque Diversified Investments which, like Float Shuttle, intends to restart two of Ravn’s four subsidiary air carrier […]
by Dave Cannon This letter to the editor is in regards to Representative Zulkosky’s recent announcement that she opposes the Donlin Gold project. In her statement, she states, “Projects like this must be done with […]
Jerry Riley of Bethel (and originally from St. Mary’s) was jigging through the crusty river ice for lush fish at the Bethel Seawall across the Slough last Sunday afternoon.
Alaska State Troopers (AST) in Bethel received a report of overdue boaters from Quinhagak on 10/21/2020 at about 1200 hours. It was reported that Chad Chadwick, Sr., Elizabeth Wassillie, Michael Sharp, Alexie Nose, and Wilson […]
by Ned Rozell Katie Kangas operates a bed-and-breakfast in Ruby, Alaska. On the morning of October 15, she turned to look out her picture window, toward the cabin next door. She was waiting for her […]
by YKHC Staff It is with profound sadness YKHC reports that on October 17 a YK Delta resident in their 80’s died due to complications of COVID-19. The next of kin have been notified. YKHC […]
Alaska State Troopers were contacted by a concerned family member of Donald R. Evans (age 89 of Palmer) on 5-27-20 at approximately 0956 hours. The family member reported that Evans was supposed to have traveled […]
Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued the following proclamation, dated October 4th, 2020. WHEREAS, Alaska Statute recognizes the first full week of October as Alaska Employ People with Disabilities Week to celebrate and foster the integration […]
Calista Corporate Governance Committee Shares Updates and Facts on Discussions October 9, 2020: Willie Kasayulie, Chair of the Calista Corporation Corporate Governance Committee, shared an update on the process of forming a Regional Tribal Government […]
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