Reports show Bethel high schoolers failed 59% of their first semester classes. In 36% to 52% of kindergarten through eighth-grade classes, students didn’t even turn in enough work to receive a grade.
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Water donations trickle into Tuluksak but may not be enough for village in crisis
Brian Lefferts, Director of Environmental Health & Engineering at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, wrote in an email that he knows of six pallets of water scheduled to be delivered but did not say where the water was coming from.
Sinkhole opens under Chefornak home, forcing family to evacuate
Delores “Dolly” Abraham’s original fear was not a sinkhole, but the river. By last spring, she said that the riverbank, which is eroding in Chefornak, had almost reached the edge of her home.
‘She’s been through a pandemic before’: Bethel elder who had COVID-19 is one of the first to get vaccine
Xenia Jackson’s first experience with a pandemic was during the tuberculosis outbreaks of the 20th century when she worked as a village health aide. She tested positive for COVID-19 last year and is one of the first people to get vaccinated in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
No easy answers after fire destroys Tuluksak’s water supply
In the short term, the community wants to connect its well to the school. But the well pulls up water from the Tuluksak River, which isn’t safe to drink.
Despite travel restrictions, Akiachak family finds new way to say goodbye with one last flight
David Aqvang Evon’s family couldn’t attend his burial because of travel restrictions but they, and other people in the community, found different ways to honor his memory.