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The Bethel Police Department says there is no immediate indication of foul play, but friends and family members say they believe there’s more to the story.
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A 13-year-old Bethel high school student was arrested on Sept. 24 for allegedly threatening to blow up Bethel Regional High School and shoot fellow students, according to the Bethel Police Department.
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The Alaska Native regional corporation for Western Alaska said that it won't be endorsing incumbent State Rep. Conrad "CJ" McCormick for re-election, and will instead be backing newcomer and Toksook Bay resident Nellie Jimmie.
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Two of the four men who died were Alaska residents and two lived out of state, according to troopers.
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The high school called off morning classes due to a social media post threatening violence that Bethel police say originated in New York state.
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The Cessna 207 was operated by Bethel-based Yute Commuter Service. According to the NTSB, at least two of the passengers aboard were company employees.
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The Cessna 207 was operated by Yute Commuter Service and was believed to be carrying employees of the company rather than charter or scheduled passengers, according to Clint Johnson, Alaska chief of the National Transportation Safety Board.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the last of the known PCBs and asbestos have been removed, but that residents should avoid the area to prevent cement dust exposure until the end of October 2024.
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Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, the chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, visited Bethel and other Alaska communities in late August. She sat down with KYUK to talk about what she’d done and seen in Alaska and her expansive vision of how everyone can lead an artful life.
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Widespread rain and gale force winds are expected for Southwest Alaska through the weekend.
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Students at Bethel’s Yup’ik language immersion school attended classes in their own building for the first time ever today (September 11). The new building represents decades of local dedication and advocacy for Indigenous education.
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Permafrost Pathways started two years ago with the goal of mapping the permafrost thaw and putting that data into the hands of the communities themselves. As human-caused climate change continues to warm the region and the permafrost melts more and more, the project is expanding.