Over the last month and a half, a decade-long project to move the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta village of Newtok is finally beginning to take shape. The new village site held a ribbon in Mertarvik, which means “a place for water.”
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Toksook Bay fire destroyes family’s belongings, kills 5-year-old
A child is dead and a family’s belongings destroyed Saturday after a house fire in Toksook Bay. Six people lived in the home. All but one, Kendrick Julius, 5, were able to make it out of the building after the fire started sometime before midnight.
After 20 years of work, bison team win award for conservation efforts
After over 20 years of hard work, a dogged crew of wildlife managers has successfully reintroduced wood bison to the tundra of Southwest Alaska. Now, they’ve received an award for it.
YK Delta tribes sign treaty, forming Nunavut provisional government
A provisional government was formed last Thursday at the Bethel Cultural Center. Over the last three days, and many long discussions, a treaty was signed to form the Provisional Nunavut Alaska Government to unite the 56 village tribes in the region.
Meet Michael Whitney, the Delta’s new — and only — wildlife officer
You might have spotted Michael Whitney checking nets on the Kuskokwim this summer, or camping out in a schoolhouse in Eek before meeting with community members. Before Whitney joined the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge in May, the region had gone without a federal wildlife officer for several years.
In Kwethluk, a team of vets treats dogs and looks for solutions
It’s not easy to care for dogs in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Three vets working with the non-profit Alaska Native Rural Veterinary planned to spay and neuter as many dogs as they could in the next eight hours at the Kwethluk fire station.