ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, OCT. 15-16 – In This Sept. 22, 2016 photo, Bethel Regional High School’s Skylar Sargent poses in the pool during a morning practice in Bethel, Alaska.

It was a cacophony of noise at the start line of the Holiday Classic Sled Dog Race in Bethel, Alaska, and the 1997 Brighton High School graduate and dog musher was ready.

Fr. Provinsal currently serves the villages of Chevak, Nightmute, and Toksook Bay. He will be staying in the region until the ...

The theater was Bethel's main attraction in the 1970s and 1980s, but has been little more than a roadside landmark ever since. Hoffman suspects Bethel children may be envious their parents and ...

Baldwin showed off his truck at Bethel's first-ever car show, held over the weekend. The Southwest Alaska community is off the U.S. road system, and cars must be shipped in on barges, for a higher ...

Students compete in a game at the Sources of Strength training on Oct. 10 in Bethel. (Photo by Katie Basile for the Alaska Beacon) “But even though it was on Zoom, we saw the response.

Jerry "Dada" Fredericks wins the 2025 Kuskokwim Ice Classic. His winning guess was May 5, 2025 at 4:10 p.m. May 6, 2025 in Bethel, Alaska.

Such debates are simmering across the state’s vast tundra, broad rivers, sprawling wetlands and towering mountain ranges. Put a pin just about anywhere on the map of Alaska, and you’re likely to hit ...

BETHEL, Alaska—In March of this year, state troopers stopped a 59-year-old man who was headed for the tiny village of Chevak. His suitcase was leaking alcohol, so an airline employee called over ...