Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK - Bethel
Anna Rose MacArthur is a reporter at KYUK in Bethel.
Bethel native sets American record in women’s powerlifting squat
Bethel native Natalie Hanson has set a new American record in women’s powerlifting. On Saturday (Jan. 28) in Milwaukee, Hanson squatted 578.7 pounds, more than three times her body weight, and more than 33 pounds over the former record. The 26-year-old set the new all-time-high at the USA Powerlifting Wisconsin State Open Championship. Listen now
Pete Kaiser wins third consecutive Kuskokwim 300
His was the team to beat and no-one could. Sunday morning for the third year in a row, Pete Kaiser won the 2017 Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race, crossing the finish line in Bethel at 10:37 a.m. to loud cheers from his hometown crowd. His leader Palmer brought home the nine-dog team, 28 minutes faster than last year. Listen now
Kuskokwim and bogus mushers get welcome break from past years with snowy trail
Friday, on the Kuskokwim River outside Bethel, nine mushers and their teams will dash under the start banner for the Bogus Creek 150. An hour and a half later, 20 more will follow over a trail twice as long in the 38th Annual Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race. Listen now
Study finds disturbing trend in mortality rate in Kusilvak Census Area
The rate of suicide and homicide in the Kusilvak Census Area, located along the lower Yukon River, more than doubled since 1980, a rate increase higher than anywhere else in the nation. Listen now
Operation Santa Claus rescheduled for Slavic delivery
Santa is going to be a little late to a few villages this year. Freezing fog in Bethel this week, and the week before, prevented the Army National Guard from flying their UH-60 Black Hawk to Akiak, Tuluksak and Grayling to deliver toys and food for Alaska’s 60th Operation Santa Claus. Listen Now
Y-K Delta sees its first marijuana applications
Two businesses in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta are applying for the region’s first marijuana store licenses: The Green Tree LLC in Bethel, located at 260 C Osage Avenue, and Kuskokwim Enterprises, LLC in Aniak, located at 3 Slough View Drive. Listen Now
Alaska prepares public housing smoking ban
A new federal rule will ban smoking in public housing nationwide. The notice was released Wednesday by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and will take effect in 18 months. But Alaska is looking to do that a lot sooner. Listen Now
Advocates fear cutting Bethel’s Sex Offender Treatment Program could mean more victims
State budget cuts have reduced Bethel's Sex Offender Treatment Program to a fraction of its former self. The program’s staff has gone from three members with a combined experience of almost 40 years to one member with four months experience. Listen Now
Polaris Project seeks students from YK Delta
A group that's been researching Arctic climate change in Siberia for eight years is moving to the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta. The Polaris Project will focus on Kuka Creek, located halfway between Bethel and St. Mary’s. The project aims to advance climate change research while developing a new generation of Arctic scientists. Listen Now
Big tobacco stands trial in Bethel court
Dolores Hunter of Marshall and her two children are suing the cigarette and tobacco company Philip Morris USA and its parent company, Altria Group, for product liability, fraud, and the wrongful death of their family member, Delores' common law husband, Benjamin Francis, of Pilot Station. Listen Now
AK: How do you build a swim culture where one’s never existed?
Bethel sits on a river, but many people here don’t know how to swim. People drown in the Kuskokwim every year, and for decades people thought the solution was to build a pool and teach people to swim. Well, two years ago the city got a pool. But how do you build a swim culture where one has never existed? That’s a question Bethel’s first swim team is trying to answer. Listen Now
Outside health experts stress low infection risk from YKHC dental instruments
The Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation is testing patients for Hepatitis B, C, and HIV after partially sterilized dental instruments were used on patients. Out of the 191 patients seen during the nine-day period in question, up to 13 patients might have had contact with the instruments. Listen Now
YKHC offering blood tests to patients potentially affected by partially sterilized dental tools
The Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation is offering blood tests to patients treated at their dental clinic between Sept 13 - 21 after the clinic learned that some instruments were only partially sterilized. Listen Now
Bethel Native Corporation opens Bethel’s second liquor store
Bethel has another liquor store. At 11 a.m. Tuesday, Bethel Native Corporation opened Bethel Spirits on Front Street. It’s the second liquor store to open in Bethel this year after an almost half century ban on legal alcohol sales. Listen Now
Napaskiak man kills puppy to threaten ex-girlfriend and her husband
A Napaskiak man has threatened an ex-girlfriend and her husband by killing a puppy, throwing it against their bedroom window and leaving a threatening note on the body once it hit the ground. Listen Now
Save those cans, aluminum recycling returning to Bethel
Hold onto those aluminum cans. Recycling is returning to Bethel, and ONC’s Environmental Coordinator Mary Matthias is leading the way. Listen now
Investigation continues into mid-air plane collision near Russian Mission
The investigation continues into a mid-air plane collision northwest of Russian Mission on Wednesday that left no survivors.
No survivors in mid-air plane collision north of Russian Mission
There are no survivors from a mid-air plane collision that occurred around 11 a.m. today six miles north of Russian Mission. There were five people total on board both planes. Listen now
Federal money for water and sewer systems floods the Delta, but more is needed
A flood of federal funding is coming to rural Alaska for water and sewer projects, and a big chunk of that is going to the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta. Listen now
District 38 has only precinct with no results from Primary election
Mekoryuk in District 38 is the only precinct in the entire state whose Primary ballots from Tuesday have not been recorded with the State Division of Elections. Listen now