The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s health corporation says the region’s rising COVID-19 surge could soon overwhelm the local health care system.
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Fish and Game closes highly successful Afognak Island elk hunt by emergency order
A Fish and Game biologist said they had “closed down pretty much the entire island, which I don’t think we’ve ever done before.”
Bethel elections chairperson hung Trump flags near polling site, and voters aren’t happy about it
The chairperson’s partisan displays have seeded doubts about the Bethel election process and raised ethical concerns.
Former Bethel elementary principal Chris Carmichael pleads guilty to federal charges
The maximum penalty for the charges Carmichael is pleading guilty to includes no less than 10 years and up to life in prison and a fine of $250,000.
Legislative leaders call on Gov. Dunleavy to call special session to extend disaster declaration
In a letter earlier this week, Anchorage Republican Senate President Cathy Giessel and Dillingham independent House Speaker Bryce Edgmon asked Dunleavy to either call the session or to appeal to legislators to hold one.
Village uses strict lockdown, traditional medicine to fight COVID-19
Nunapitchuk used federal CARES Act funds to pay people who tested negative to run errands for others who were locked down at home.
Search suspended for 7 boaters missing near Quinhagak
Quinhagak Tribal Police Chief John Peter said that if temperatures rise and the ice breaks, the search could resume. If not, they will wait until spring to look for the seven missing people.
Amid COVID-19 outbreak, health officials ask Y-K villages to trade privacy for safety
With recent high case numbers, regional health officials say naming villages would encourage people to take more precautions.
Kodiak remembers 101-year-old woman determined to vote
Margaret Hall of Kodiak wanted very badly to vote this year but died peacefully in her sleep on Friday.
Coast Guard ends search for 7 boaters missing from Quinhagak
The Coast Guard stopped searching for the overdue boaters on Oct. 27 after searching Nunivak Island and the western coast of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region for four days.