Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. CEO and President Dan Winkelman told employees that patient visits to the Bethel-based health care provider’s facilities have dropped by 70%.
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Bethel restaurant owners consider closing down, returning to Korea
Restaurants all over the nation are being ordered to close their doors to avoid spreading the coronavirus, and it’s no different in Bethel. Limited to delivery and takeout, Bethel restaurants report that their sales are a fraction of what they are normally. Many Bethel restaurant owners are from Korea, and some say that they are…
Aniak is preparing for 2 possible disasters at once: COVID-19 and flooding
As COVID-19 is spreading across Alaska, spring is approaching and the countdown to river breakup is beginning. The Middle Kuskokwim community of Aniak is preparing for two possible disasters at once.
With elective dental work suspended, these Bethel dental assistants started sewing protective masks
A dozen dental assistants formed a factory line and began assembling the masks.
A resident of the US since she was 3 days old, a Bethel woman faces deportation for voting
Bethel resident Becky Trimble says she has lived in the United States since she was three days old. She didn’t know she wasn’t a U.S. citizen until she was 22.
How did the Nunam Iqua boys get lost on the snowy tundra? They were chasing a fox.
“So, that’s how we got lost. Cause we were trying to catch a fox to show my mom and my dad,” he said.