Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK - Bethel
Anna Rose MacArthur is a reporter at KYUK in Bethel.
Coast Guard ends search for 7 boaters missing from Quinhagak
Local search efforts continued for the boaters, who were last seen near Eek.
Search continues for 7 boaters missing near Quinhagak
Searchers continue looking for the seven people who went missing while boating to Quinhagak last week.
Due to national shortage, health workers in Western Alaska are forced to reuse gloves
Workers are wearing the same gloves for up to six patients and sanitizing the gloves with alcohol-based hand sanitizer between patients.
COVID-19 surge in Y-K Delta continues with 92 new cases on Wednesday
The area now has the highest case rate in the state.
“Dramatic surge” of COVID-19 in Yukon-Kuskokwim region: 78 cases reported in one day
A Y-K Delta Elder in their 70s passed away due to COVID-19 complications, the fourth death in the region attributed to COVID-19
Yukon-Kuskokwim COVID-19 spike shows pandemic could be ‘out of control’
Health officials are urging residents of the Y-K Delta to avoid all gatherings after 126 new cases were reported in the past two weeks.
COVID-19 puts 3 Southwest Alaska villages into lockdown
At least three Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities are in lockdown after residents tested positive for COVID-19: Quinhagak, Kipnuk and Kasigluk.
Aniak honors 5 teenagers who rescued survivors from plane crash
The teenagers helped pull the survivors from a Division of Forestry plane that crashed into a lake this spring.
4 Yukon-Kuskokwim villages on lockdown in response to COVID-19 cases
The region reported 17 new cases over the weekend.
Halfway through July, number of COVID-19 cases tied to Y-K Delta doubles
So far, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation has announced 26 cases of COVID-19 related to the region.
Napaskiak residents asked to shelter in place after COVID-19 case identified
A Napaskiak resident tested positive for COVID-19 last week, and officials worry about community spread of the virus in the small Southwest Alaska village of about 400 people.
Second test on Quinhagak girl suggests false positive
After a girl under the age of 10 reportedly tested positive in the Southwest Alaska village of Quinhagak, health officials now say that they believe that test result was incorrect.
A young girl tested positive for coronavirus in Quinhagak, but leaders say they’re ready
Representatives from the regional health corporation landed in the village within hours of the announcement and immediately began testing community members.
Health corporation urges coronavirus testing for anyone traveling to Bethel
Healthcare workers are worried after the first case in the region outside of Bethel was reported last week.
Special hunt opens for two musk ox stranded on island off of Nunivak coast
Biologists fear the animals will starve on the small island that lacks fresh water and enough vegetation
Nunapitchuk, a small village in the Y-K Delta, is in lockdown after a positive test for COVID-19
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation said that the person was traveling from Anchorage when they tested positive at the Bethel airport before heading to a nearby village, Nunapitchuk, the same day.
U.S. Census Bureau restarts door-to-door counting
The hand-delivery of census materials began in rural Alaska in mid-March, but was discontinued three days later.
Elders in Napaimut rescued by helicopter as flood waters rise
The couple had climbed into their boat which they had tied onto their cabin to wait out the flood before a State Trooper helicopter arrived to evacuate them to Aniak.
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation to furlough or lay off hundreds of employees due to pandemic
The the largest employer in the region says it is losing millions of dollars per month in lost revenue and that CARES Act funding isn't enough to make up for the losses.
Alaska hospital warns of layoffs after ‘devastating’ revenue loss due to pandemic
The Yukon-Kuskokwim's regional health corporation saw a 70% drop in patients after statewide travel restrictions were announced.