It takes a lot of work for a car lover to maintain a vehicle in Bethel. That’s a big part of why Zack Huckstep decided to organize the city’s first car show.
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More tiny homes are coming to the Y-K Delta, thanks to pandemic relief funds. But are they a good idea?
Because these grants are tied to coronavirus relief funding, tribes must use the homes as isolation or quarantine units, at least at first.
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.
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.
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.
Searchers looking for 7 missing boaters near Quinhagak
The group was traveling in a 20-foot gray, aluminum-welded boat with a blue Yamaha outboard motor.
‘Dramatic surge’ of COVID-19 in Yukon-Kuskokwim region: 78 cases reported in one day
Fifty-one of the new cases are in the village of Chevak, with a population of about 1,000.
After early containment, COVID-19 spreads rapidly in rural Alaska
Northern and Northwest Alaska now have the highest case rates in the state.
3 Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities in COVID-19 lockdown
Quinhagak, Kipnuk and Kasigluk entered lockdown after residents tested positive for COVID-19.
Y-K Delta health officials report 20 new COVID-19 cases in Quinhagak, pop. 700
On Oct. 5, health officials announced 20 new cases, all in Quinhagak — an unprecedented single-day increase for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.