Shane Iverson, KYUK - Bethel
Shane Iverson is a reporter at KYUK in Bethel.
New Bethel Dog Law Authorizes Volunteer Animal Force
There’s a new set of dog control laws in the Western Alaska City of Bethel. It includes the authorization of a new force of animal control volunteers.
Yukon Skipper Dies After Fish Tender Capsizes
Alaska State Troopers are reporting the pilot as 23-year-old Gerald Richardson Minock. They say he was the only one on board when the boat turned upside down sometime Tuesday night or, more likely, early Wednesday morning.
Yukon Skipper Dies After Fish Tender Capsizes
A Pilot Station man is dead after a 32-foot tender he was piloting flipped over in the Yukon River.Alaska State Troopers are reporting the pilot as 23-year-old Gerald Richardson Minock.
Groundbreaking Celebrates New Home for Disabled Elderly
The Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony for a care facility in Bethel this week.
Village Carries Faith, Despite Past Priest Abuse
This week the embattled Society of Jesus Oregon Province emerged from chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The Province oversees Jesuit activities in five states, and under their watch hundreds of children were sexually abused by priests and volunteers.
Checks Sent Out to Hundreds of Clerical Abuse Victims
Checks are going out now to hundreds of victims of clerical sexual abuse in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, and the greater Northwest Region.
Wildlife Managers Raise Lower Kuskokwim Moose Harvest Quota
The moose hunting season begins in just a few weeks for residents of the Lower Kuskokwim River. This season hunters will have a better chance of killing a moose than in previous years. That’s because wildlife managers are bumping up the harvest quota. The move comes after a surprising study on the Kuskokwim moose population.
Kuskokwim River Boasts Massive Chum Salmon Run
The Kuskokwim River had a massive Chum salmon run this season. The fish may be called dog salmon, but it's gaining in popularity in international markets, and that’s a good thing for small time commercial fisherman on the river.
Airport Safety Project to Resume Following FAA Reauthorization
On Thursday, congress was finally able to end a two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Fish and Game’s Emmonak Office Will Close Due to Safety Concerns
The Department of Fish and Game has announced they will be close down their field office in the village of Emmonak. Personnel there say they no longer feel safe.
Bethel Residents React to Newspaper Shutdown
The Parent company that owned Alaska News Incorporated, Calista, is the regional Alaska Native corporation for the YK Delta.
Congressional In-Fighting Holds Up FAA Authorization Bill
Libby Casey, APRN - Washington DC, Casey Kelly, KTOO - Juneau & Shane Iverson, KYUK - Bethel
Fights in Congress are holding up approval of the bill that authorizes the Federal Aviation Administration.
Why Donlin Creek Became Donlin Gold
The biggest prospective gold mine in North America just changed its name. The joint venture rests in the remote interior of the Kuskokwim River.
Alaska’s Biggest Summer Camp to Shut-Down
The biggest summer camp in the state is shutting down. The Kuskokwim Campus Talent Search Summer Camp in Bethel has played host to well over 1,000 students from the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta.
Goshawk Attacks Hiker near Bethel
A trip in the Alaskan wilderness has plenty of perils. Wild animals and attacks are certainly one of them.
Parnell Accused of Targeting Budget Cuts at Lower Kuskokwim District
Bethel Representative Bob Herron says that his region was hit particularly hard by Governor Sean Parnell’s veto pen. According to Herron’s office, the Govenor vetoed more money from his house district than in 39 of the 40 house districts in the state.
New Subsistence Restrictions on Kuskokwim River
Subsistence users on the Kuskowkwim River are facing a new series of unprecedented restrictions. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is calling for the-first-of-its-kind net restriction on the Kuskwokwim.
Subsistence Fishing Shuts Down on Kuskokwim River
Subsistence fishing on the Kuskowim River will shut-down for the longest time in recent memory later this week. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game declared an emergency, five-day closure just as the river was re-opening from a previous closure.
Kuskokwim River Closed to King Salmon Fishing by Emergency Order
The largest king salmon subsistence fishery in the State will close for four days amid concerns that not enough fish are reaching their spawning grounds.
Top VA Official Visits Rural Alaska
The top official from the Department of Veterans Affairs spent Memorial Day afternoon in Rural Alaska. Secretary Eric Shinseki traveled to the Bering Sea Village of Kwigillingok to get a better understanding of what it will take to care for veterans in the remote reaches of Alaska.