According to court documents, Bethel Police had relied on the testimony of just one fifteen-year-old witness who said he saw Andrew start the fire.
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For the first time ever, state to close Kuskokwim and most tributaries to coho fishing
Subsistence fishermen will no longer be allowed to fish with gillnets, fish wheels, beach seines, or dipnets from the mouth upstream to the headwaters.
3 people die in Bethel apartment fire
Two people were taken to the hospital as well, but their condition is unknown.
How people on the Lower Yukon River are faring 2 years into the chum crash
Without salmon, people say they’re eating less protein and spending far more on groceries.
‘People are running out of food’: Subsistence closures leave Yukon River residents with few options
Yukon River residents say they’re going broke trying to replace their missing subsistence food sources.
Chum fishing will remain closed on the Yukon amid projections for another low fall run
Conservation measures have led to no salmon fishing for chinook or chum along the river for the second year in a row.