Bethel-raised musician Qacung Stephen Blanchett was recently named a 2022 United States Artists Fellow, as well as one of the Kennedy Center’s 50 for the Next 50.
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Emmonak leader Martin B. Moore Sr. dies from COVID, remembered as a tireless fighter for Alaska Native people
Born in a village without a school, Moore pushed for better educational opportunities for future generations.
COVID cases in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are soaring as Alaska’s cases fall
The Y-K Delta’s COVID-19 case rate is currently two times higher than the state’s.
Federal government denies tribal groups’ petition to limit salmon bycatch
Tribal groups in Western Alaska submitted the petition following dismal chinook and chum salmon runs this summer.
Kuskokwim mushers cope with extreme cold, rain and glare ice: ‘It’s been weird’
Some Kuskokwim mushers competing in this weekend’s K300 race say that they’ve been contending with some of the most challenging training conditions of their careers.
Tribal groups petition federal government to eliminate or limit Bering Sea salmon bycatch
The tribal groups signing the petition mostly represent areas of Alaska where salmon runs have crashed or declined dramatically in recent years.