Some families told ONC that they witnessed “chum chucking” during the openings.
KYUK - Bethel
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Fatal December plane crash ruled a suicide
Mark and Cecilia Matter lost their lives in December when their red plane crashed into Marvel Dome, a snow-covered mountain near the family’s mine. Authorities now consider the Aniak couple’s death to be a suicide.
Walker signs law recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day in Alaska
The law establishes Alaska as the second state in the nation to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October, replacing Columbus Day.
No answers for low Kuskokwim king run
The driving question over the last several years, and the one that’s being asked again as biologists warn that 2017 could be the lowest king salmon run on record, is: why is the king run on the Kuskokwim so low?
Social worker receives national award for suicide prevention efforts in Y-K Delta
James Biela is an itinerant Social Worker for LKSD, frequently traveling out to Newtok, Tununak, Toksook Bay, Nightmute, Mekoryuk, and Nunapitchuk to hold trainings and lectures on suicide prevention.
Bethel’s homegrown women’s powerlifter breaks a national record again
Natalie Hanson of Bethel has broken both an American record, and an unofficial world record in powerlifting.