Evan Erickson

As the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta emerges from a long winter that strained fuel stores, the arrival of the first barges of the season might typically be cause for celebration.

Federal fisheries managers have announced the first five openers of the 2026 Kuskokwim River salmon fishing season.

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) has announced plans to double the capacity of its YK Elders Home, the only long-term care facility serving Bethel and the wider region.

Dillingham independent Bryce Edgmon, currently the most senior member of the Alaska House of Representatives, has announced his bid to represent Southwest Alaska in the state Senate.

The increase would have been limited to disaster relief during the first 90 days after the storms. It would have covered the bulk of costs of debris removal and emergency protective measures, costs the state said reached $20 million in the first weeks after the storm.

The tribe originally applied for the declaration in January, several months after the October 2025 storm destroyed an estimated 90% of homes and led to the mass evacuation of nearly all of the community's roughly 1,000 residents.

Bethel police officers shot and killed a man at a residence early on the morning of June 7.

Wilson says she’s a political outsider with a background in business who understands the needs of Alaskans in the way that her late, great uncle, former Gov. Wally Hickel, also did. Wilson spoke with KYUK ahead of her recent campaign stop in Bethel.

A St. Mary's man has been sentenced to serve three years in federal prison for providing illegal guiding services and defrauding dozens of would-be moose hunters out of thousands of dollars.

Fraternal twins Drini and Vjosa Pellumbi have more in common than the same birthday. So far, their education and career paths have followed side by side.