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Bethel City Council draws straws to fill vacant seat
Bethel's City Council ultimately appointed insurance agent John Lloyd to sit on the council to fill a vacant seat, but was ...
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Think sled dog racing is fading? In Alaska’s mushing-crazy Kuskokwim Delta, it’s booming.
High school boys in Akiachak can “forget the muscle cars,” said Barron Sample, principal of the village’s school. “You get ...
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Reestablished Kuskokwim Ice Road brings ‘lots of traffic’ to lower river
While the ice road is established from the tundra villages all the way to Akiak, a massive hole in front of Akiak that has ...
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Frozen main leaves over 100 Bethel households with limited water
The City of Bethel says a portion of its main water line near one of the community’s two water treatment plants has frozen, ...
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Along the Kuskokwim River, Gold Mining Likely Comes at a High Price
But even as upwelling of opposition to the Donlin Mine has surged in communities along the Kuskokwim, it has been like a voice calling in the wilderness. Native Alaskan lands and governance were not ...
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Bethel’s Pete Kaiser wins his 9th Kuskokwim 300 title, tying all-time record
Rain started to speckle the Kuskokwim River ice as Bethel musher Pete Kaiser and his nine-dog team ran under the arch in his hometown early Sunday, winning his 9th Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race ...
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Winter Weather Warnings for 5 States as 18 Inches of Snow to Hit
Further north in Alaska, several advisories are in place. Those in the Lower Kuskokwim Valley can may be hit by up to 10 inches of snow from 10 a.m. on Thursday through early Friday morning ...
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Along the Kuskokwim River, Gold Mining Likely Comes at a High Price
The Kuskokwim and neighboring Yukon Rivers form ... were not enclosed in a reservation system like those in the Lower 48. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, passed in 1971, established ...