Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK - Bethel
Anna Rose MacArthur is a reporter at KYUK in Bethel.
Here’s how a mother-daughter team helped vaccinate 98% of Mekoryuk’s population
Virtually everyone in the Southwest Alaska village of 200 residents who is above 16 years old has been vaccinated.
Two men missing after Chevak fire
And a third of the community is without water and sewer after a fire burned down the old Chevak school on Monday.
Fire destroys old Chevak school and plans for community center
The fire started in the early hours of Monday morning with winds blowing 40 miles per hour.
Seattle-based investment firm buys Grant Aviation
The acquisition comes as the airline marks 50 year serving communities primarily in Southwest Alaska and the Aleutian chain.
How the Y-K Delta became one of the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination leaders
Nearly 50% of the region's population has already received at least one dose of vaccine, thanks to creative clinic sites, and a strong delivery infrastructure.
After 4 months, Y-K Delta no longer has highest COVID-19 rate in Alaska
The highest case rate in the state is now in the Mat-Su Borough.
For the first time in 6 months, Bethel has week with no new COVID-19 cases
Despite the declines, the region still maintains the highest COVID-19 case rate in the state, a position the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has held since October 2020.
With quarter of population vaccinated, COVID-19 cases in Southwest Alaska on decline
After months with some of the highest COVID-19 case rates in the country, the Y-K Delta is finally seeing a decline in cases.
Despite pandemic, Bogus Creek 150 sled dog race brings top-notch competition
Richie Diehl won the 2021 race but was followed closely by a nail-biter finish for second place between a father and his well-known son.
Y-K Delta health corporation recommends regional lockdown for third straight month
The region has recorded the highest COVID-19 rates in the state for months.
Southwest Alaska villages open vaccinations for general public
Officials say everyone above the age of 16 years old will be eligible for the vaccine, after many people in the region declined to be vaccinated.
Body identified of snowmachiner missing out of Bethel
The body of the man pulled from the open hole near Tuluksak has been identified as Joseph Hale of Hooper Bay.
Looking for a ‘lost one,’ young searchers find new recovery skills
The search for twp missing men has become a training ground for a new generation of search and rescue volunteers.
2 snowmachiners drown in open water on the Kuskokwim on New Year’s Day
Two men, Peter Sallaffie and Joseph Hale, drove into an unmarked open hole in the ice near Tuluksak. The loss marks the first deaths to open water along the Kuskokwim River this winter.
Project Togo underway with nearly three times the COVID-19 vaccine doses expected for Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Nearly 3,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Bethel last week. That was a welcome surprise: It was nearly three times as many doses as the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation expected.
YKHC recommends Southwest villages extend lockdown another month
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation recommended that all villages in the region extend their community lockdowns for an additional 30 days, until Jan. 16, 2021.
Project Togo: “Light on the horizon” as Y-K Delta plans first distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
Some priority residents of Y-K Delta villages, which have been hard hit by the coronavirus, will have bear their arms at the airport, likely in freezing conditions, to receive their vaccines.
Bethel elections chairperson hung Trump flags near polling site. Voters aren’t happy about it
The partisan displays have seeded doubts about the Bethel election process and raised ethical concerns.
Plans for Y-K Delta tribal government move forward, with help from regional corp.
Calista offered support and funding to set up a regional tribal government. The Nunavut Alaska Provisional Government recently created a constitution.
Search for 7 missing Quinhagak boaters paused indefinitely
The search for seven boaters missing since Oct. 20 was called off as ice formed across the river and a blizzard hit the region.