Will McCarthy, KYUK - Bethel
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Eligible individuals, homeowners and business owners can receive aid. -
The bodies of moose hunters Shane McIntyre and Justin Crow, who went missing on the Kuskowim River in late August, have been recovered. Carl Flynn remains missing. -
What was once a stretch of rolling sand dunes is now a flat floodplain. -
“I’ve lived through storms before, but this was the worst,” said Loretta Smith, who lost her home in the storm. “The water came up so fast, and it was so high that the waves looked violent.” -
The Yupiit School District serves students in Tuluksak, Akiak, and Akiachak. -
A Hooper Bay leader says federal temporary housing provided after a fire years ago was inadequate and "not meant for the Arctic." -
Parts of Hooper Bay were without power for about 36 hours during the storm, but the situation could have been far worse — if not for the work of two local power plant operators. -
Lower Kuskokwim School District buildings served as evacuation centers during the storm in Newtok, Kipnuk, Nightmute, Kwigillingok, Kwethluk and Tununak. -
The storm system is forecast to bring high storm surges and wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour. -
Bethel's new finance director clashes with businesses, city officials in effort to collect sales taxWhat started as a straightforward city initiative is now dividing council members, rankling business owners, and testing the resolve of Bethel’s first finance director in years.
