Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK - Bethel
Anna Rose MacArthur is a reporter at KYUK in Bethel.
Alaska Federation of Natives keeping close eye on White House
The Alaska Federation of Natives is keeping a close eye on the new administration of President Donald Trump. The Native organization's board is developing ways to negotiate with the current government in Washington, participate in decision making, and advance Alaska Native priorities. Listen now
Off-duty Bethel police sergeant was driving vehicle that left one pedestrian dead, injured another
An off-duty Bethel police officer was the driver in a car accident last month that left one pedestrian injured and another dead. Listen now
Calista region looks to Kuskokwim Bay villages for energy innovation
How can the Calista region reduce its fossil fuel use, increase energy efficiency, and use those changes to create jobs? That’s the question a group of YK Delta communities and energy organizations gathered in Bethel on Wednesday to begin answering. For direction and inspiration, the group turned to four villages on Kuskokwim Bay where those goals are already happening. Listen now
YK villages serve as models for renewable energy
This fall, Kongiganak is set to install a lithium ion battery in its utility system that could replace more than half the village’s electric and heating needs with wind energy. For more than four years, about a third of the village’s energy has come from this renewable resource. Listen now
As first hunt on emperor geese begins, officials ask for conservative hunting
80 percent of the world’s Emperor Goose population breeds on a 10-mile-wide strip that runs from Kongiganak, up the coast of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, to Hooper Bay. This year, for the first time in 30 years, federal managers have opened a subsistence hunt for the birds. The geese haven’t migrated to the Delta yet, and the feds are trying to encourage conservative hunting of the vulnerable species before they get here. Listen now
YKHC dedicates hospital expansion project to late Toksook Bay Elder
The late Paul John of Toksook Bay is remembered as one of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s most respected leaders. Last week, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation honored his legacy and his decades of service as a board member by dedicating its new hospital expansion to the late elder. More than 100 people wrote on a piece of drywall. Listen now
One man dead in fatal Pilot Station shooting
A fatal shooting in Pilot Station was reported to State Troopers Thursday morning. 27-year-old Dennis Alick was killed and a suspect has been identified. Listen now
Search continues into its third week for missing Newtok seal hunter
Searchers continue to look for a seal hunter who went missing off the coast of Newtok last month. Listen now
Fish and Game predicts more Chinook fishing openings this summer
Kuskokwim river subsistence fishermen should receive more fishing openings for Chinook salmon this summer than they had last year. Listen now
Troopers searching for poachers who shot 2 muskox near Bethel
Two muskox have been poached near Bethel, and Alaska Wildlife Troopers are searching for whoever is responsible. The Troopers found the two animals near a snowmachine trail between the Bethel dump and Akiachak on Sunday. Listen now
Commercial silver fishing could return to the Lower Kuskokwim this summer
Commercial fishing could be returning to the Lower Kuskokwim this summer. Washington state fish buyer Pacific Harvest Seafood is working to anchor a fish processing vessel along the Bethel seawall from late July through August to buy silver salmon from Quinhagak to Bethel. Listen now
Bethel organizers prepare for the 2017 Cama’i Dance Festival
The 2017 Cama’i Dance Festival begins tomorrow at the Bethel Regional High School. The weekend-long cultural celebration marks the largest annual gathering of Alaska Native dance in the world. Listen now
Emperor goose hunt will bring temporary jobs to 6 YK Delta villages
The subsistence emperor goose hunt expected to open April 2 will bring more than meat and a resumed tradition to the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta. In some communities, it will also bring jobs. Listen now
Wildlife managers urge conservative hunting of emperor geese
After 30 years of waiting and conserving, residents of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta will be able to hunt emperor geese again next month. Wildlife managers and hunters are standing by for the federal government to release the official notice. Then residents will continue a tradition that’s skipped a generation. Listen now
Village of Napaimute is opening a commercial lumber sawmill below Kalskag
The Native Village of Napaimute is starting a commercial lumber business in the middle Kuskokwim this year. The workers are currently moving the sawmill 40 miles downriver from Chuathbaluk to three miles below Kalskag where the mill will cut commercial lumber on demand, creating jobs and providing cheaper, locally sourced lumber for Kuskokwim residents. Listen now
Sheet metal apprenticeship organized in rural Alaska
Rural and urban Alaska can be very different worlds, and skills used in constructing buildings or maintaining equipment in one might not apply to the other. A new partnership of urban trainers and rural workers is seeing if it can take what’s taught in urban Alaska and create an apprenticeship program for rural communities. Listen now
Governor Walker issues disaster declaration on opioid epidemic
Governor Bill Walker has declared Alaska’s opioid epidemic a state disaster and ordered state and federal money for overdose medication. Listen now
Alaska migratory bird co-management council proposes an emperor goose subsistence hunt
After decades of conservation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has submitted a proposal to open a subsistence hunt and a general hunt for the Emperor Goose in Alaska. An egg hunt for Cackling Canada geese could follow. Listen now
Spike in alcohol related calls straining Bethel resources
It’s the first winter in Bethel since a liquor store opened after almost 40 years of illegal sales. Alcohol is easier than ever to get, and Bethel Search and Rescue said the number of calls they receive, almost all alcohol-related, has spiked. Volunteers are getting worn out, resources are depleting, and the organization is asking the community for help. Listen now
Wandering bison that “captured the hearts” of Western Alaska poached near Quinhagak
She was a wanderer. Instead of sticking with her herd, Wood Bison 124 headed out on her own, traveling hundreds of solitary miles from the Alaska Yukon, down the Kuskokwim, to the sea. Friday, near Quinhagak, a bullet ended her journey. Listen now