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  • The Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center is seen in Bethel, Alaska.
    Alaska Department of Corrections
    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.
  • Downriver from Nikolai, pictured the afternoon of April 20, 2024. Water reportedly started flowing in the area the previous day.
    Hayley Batt
    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.