The statewide Yup’ik Spelling Bee for Beginners saw the toughest spell-off in the eight-year history of the event.
"Chevak"
Youth tell US Attorney General that Alaska needs help
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch hears Alaska Native youths’ worries over crime.
Cama-i Dance Festival celebrates resilience after tough year in Y-K Delta
Between low snow, tight finances and a series of suicides, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has had a hard year. That’s why this year’s Cama-i Dance Festival theme was about honoring resilience.
A year after Roxanne Smart was killed, Chevak still waits for justice
The town had to live for nearly a year with a killer among them while they waited for the lab samples to come back.
Troopers: Chevak man admits to murder of Roxanne Smart
According to charging documents Atchak said he placed Smart in a “choke hold” until she lost consciousness and he sexually assaulted her.
Chevak artifacts end up at village dump
Chevak resident, Earl Atchak, says he didn’t know that was the fate of what was in the sod house. He helped retrieve some of the objects from the dump including stories from elders about being Cup’iq.
Spring whaling begins in Arctic
Despite the lingering effects of winter, spring whaling has begun in Arctic Alaska and seal hunters are also heading to the coast from Chevak in the Southwest part of the state.