With post offices closed in Kwethluk and Pilot Station, some aren’t able to get the medical supplies they need to maintain their health.
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Health officials recommend lockdowns in 19 villages, all Yukon-Kuskokwim schools close
Four communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta currently have community spread of the coronavirus and 31 communities have had at least one COVID-19 case.
After armed resident thwarts shooting, Kwethluk VPOs consider carrying guns
Officers explained that the reason Kwethluk VPOs don’t carry firearms is a lack of funding
Frozen pipes mean Y-K Delta residents are back to packing water and using honey buckets
Bethel resident Renee Gregory grew up in a dry cabin with her family in Denali. “When I was a kid, that was my least favorite chore: cleaning the honey bucket.”
Kwethluk and electric utility to build battery system
It could one day help wean the community off diesel fuel.
In Kwethluk, a team of vets treats dogs and looks for solutions
It’s not easy to care for dogs in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Three vets working with the non-profit Alaska Native Rural Veterinary planned to spay and neuter as many dogs as they could in the next eight hours at the Kwethluk fire station.
Former wrestling maven turned Trump Cabinet member tours Kwethluk School
Small Business Administration administrator Linda McMahon spent Friday morning in Bethel touring local facilities and meeting with local business owners and CEOs at Yuut Elitnaurviat.
After corruption allegations, tribes call on AVCP to meet
Four tribes in Western Alaska are calling on the Association of Village Council Presidents to broaden the focus of a special meeting originally intended to address regional governance, and to set a date for the gathering.
Yupiit Nation presses for tribal governance progress
Yupiit Nation tribal members at an event Friday made a last second push for advancing sovereignty in Alaska. A few dozen members signed on to a letter to Gov. Bill Walker asking him to stop the state’s fight against putting lands into trust.
Kuskokwim subsistence fishermen face low chum run, schedule restrictions
Biweekly subsistence fishing periods are underway now. State officials are not considering a chum salmon commercial fishing period.