Fishermen are selling more salmon than the Yukon River’s only buyer can handle. Record-breaking sales Monday closed a commercial opening for fishermen upriver.
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Yukon kings arriving in early blast; Kuskokwim kings arriving in late trickle
The Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers are having opposite experiences with king salmon this season.
Alaska Airlines might reduce flights to Bethel this winter
Alaska Airlines might cut some of its flights between Bethel and Anchorage, just in time for the holidays. Management confirmed that their flight schedule will change a few weeks before Thanksgiving and remain in effect until a few days after New Year’s, but it’s still unclear what those changes will be.
Bethel resident competes on ‘American Ninja Warrior’ tonight
Tonight, Bethel resident Nate DeHaan will climb walls, poles and rope swings on NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior,” a popular competition and fitness challenge.
Bethel native works to program a ‘Yup’ik Siri’
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities are keeping Yup’ik alive through immersion schools, bilingual media, teacher training programs and speaking the language at home. Bethel native Christopher Liu is doing his part to bring his language into the 21st century.
Bethel scientist returns home to study climate change
What happens after fire scorches the tundra, and what follows when carbon that’s been locked away for millennia gets released? Currently, a group of scientists is camping 50 miles north of Bethel are attempting to answer these questions. For one scientist the research is personal because it means coming home.