The decision comes after an administrative law judge recommended that the DEC should not uphold the certificate in April.
KYUK - Bethel
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Southwest Alaska village develops ‘first of its kind’ 50-year plan for community threatened by erosion, climate change
Over the next 50 years, addressing Napakiak’s environmental threats is estimated to cost over $200 million.
Bethel allows youth age 14-17 to serve in city committees and commissions
On May 25, the Bethel City Council voted to create positions for youth age 14 to 17 on city committees and commissions.
Visiting construction worker puts out house fire in Y-K Delta village with no fire department
Crooked Creek lacks a fire department and running water to its homes and businesses. But a visiting construction company happened to have a water truck on hand.
Slow federal funding could delay water, sewer projects for some Alaska tribes
In the American Rescue Plan Act, $20 billion have been reserved for federally recognized tribes, about 10% of which are in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
Bethel birders demand answers after local utility destroys nest of federally protected hawk
The operations manager for a Bethel utility said that he did not have time to get a permit with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to destroy an osprey nest atop a utility pole.