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The U.S. Secretary of Commerce has approved a federal disaster declaration for the Kuskokwim River because of the failure of chinook, chum, and coho fisheries in 2022.
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Alaska State Troopers say video footage shows a man entering an unoccupied police station in the early morning hours, where he takes the keys to a side-by-side and later appears to take a phone call.
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Democrat Mary Peltola joined Alaska's U.S. senators on a legal brief defending the mine in a lawsuit brought by Kuskokwim tribes.
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Seybert was perhaps best known in Unalaska for recognizing the amphibious Grumman Goose’s potential for operating along the steep coastlines of the Aleutian Islands.
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Patients who died at places like Morningside Hospital in Portland were often buried there and never returned home.
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Breakup began late last week on the south fork of the Kuskokwim River in Nikolai, and other Kuskokwim communities report the beginnings of ice rot. On the Yukon, breakup is reportedly starting in Whitehorse on the Canadian side but elsewhere, the water isn't yet flowing in the open.
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Residents of Holy Cross and multiple Kuskokwim River communities reported feeling the early morning earthquake.
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KYUK reporters Evan Erickson and Emily Schwing, as well as former reporters Francisco Martínezcuello and Sunni Bean, received awards at the 2024 Alaska Press Club Awards ceremony in Anchorage on April 20. News director Sage Smiley also received awards for work at KSTK in Wrangell, Alaska.
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The state of Alaska is appealing its defeat in a lawsuit brought by the federal government over control of salmon fisheries on the Kuskokwim River in Southwest Alaska.
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Yup'ik and Inupiaq spelling bees, like the one held in Anchorage on Sat. April 13, in Anchorage, are a relatively new experience for students. But organizers of this year's statewide Native language spelling bee believe they help to boost reading and writing skills. Literacy is a big challenge for Indigenous languages that a few generations ago were never written, only spoken.
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Forecasts for chinook, chum, sockeye, and coho are mostly in line with what was seen last year.
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There are more options than ever for treating alcohol use disorder in Alaska, including several medications that can make it easier for some people to reduce or stop drinking.
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The pollock fishery currently has a cap on Chinook bycatch, but those asking for stricter limits say the restrictions don’t go far enough.
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A storm that buffeted Bethel Monday night (April 15) clocked one of the highest recorded wind gust speeds in the city in at least 45 years.
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The path of totality for a 2033 solar eclipse will pass through Western Alaska, including through coastal and lower Yukon River villages. Bethel will just miss out on the path of totality.
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