Evan Erickson

Election Day is Nov. 5. This week, KYUK is airing interviews with candidates who will be on the ballot for seats in the Alaska State House and in Congress.

KYUK took a trip around town last week to ask a few people in the community about whether they plan to vote, and what types of issues matter most to them.

An absentee in-person voting location in Bethel ran out of official ballots on Nov. 4 and started recording votes with sample ballots.

In Anchorage, the Bethel Warriors wrestled their way to the top at the Mountain City Christian Invitational, where the boys beat out 50 teams to take first in the tournament.

When Quinhagak’s Native corporation expressed interest this summer in getting residents trained up, the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection also saw an opportunity.

Communities throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta face the impacts of a changing climate on a daily basis. In some, it manifests as swift erosion as rivers change course.

The lower Kuskokwim River community of Tuluksak is seen in 2021. (Olivia Ebertz/KYUK)

In the end, a private school from Fairbanks called the Student Wrestling Development Program took first place overall among high school teams. Bethel Regional High School and Nikiski High School nabbed the second and third place spots.

As the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year struck on Monday, Nov. 11, the ceremony to mark Veterans Day officially began at Bethel Regional High School.

The former mayor of the Yukon River community of Pilot Station has pleaded guilty to felony election interference.