On Tuesday, Bethel’s city council voted to hire an independent investigator to review the city’s response to reports of sexual assault.
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Alaska tribes to receive more than $1B through federal rescue plan
Unlike the CARES Act funding, which had a short deadline, tribes can take as long as three years to spend money from the American Rescue Plan.
Bethel woman makes history in Alaska Army National Guard
Unin’s advice to other women who may want a combat job is to do lots of physical training.
Alaska’s disaster law is vague. And it can leave communities like Tuluksak scrambling for help.
On average, all of Alaska’s governors over the past decade have issued a disaster declaration within 29 days of a crisis occurring. Gov. Mike Dunleavy, with an average of 45 days for disaster response, is pulling that overall average up.
A Southwest Alaska village is 98% vaccinated against COVID-19. And a mother-daughter team helped make it happen.
Almost all residents age 16 and older In Mekoryuk, a village on Nunivak Island, have gotten their shots.
Bethel woman reported she was raped. Months later, she protested police and prosecutors’ inaction.
A Bethel woman’s protest has ignited community dialogue on how local rape cases are handled and if victims are receiving timely justice.