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Musher's message: New federal rule could cause deaths
Gunfire aimed at police brings arrest
Alaska Natives disproportionately affected in gonorrhea spike
Taxi fare war ends after top companies meet
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Alaska Natives disproportionately affected in gonorrhea spike
Posted on March 9th, 2010
A large increase in reported gonorrhea cases in Alaska in 2009 has prompted state health officials to issue a Bulletin that describes the epidemic and provides disease control recommendations for health-care providers and other health partners, according to a written statement from the Department of Health and Social Services.
Posted on March 8th, 2010
Bethel police are investigating the death of a young woman discovered Sunday night.
Iditarod raffle tickets on sale at GCI Bethel
Posted on March 5th, 2010
The Iditarod Trail Committee and GCI announced in a written statement that 2010 Iditarod raffle tickets are on sale now at GCI locations statewide, including in Bethel.
Disaster puts life, death in higher perspective
Posted on March 5th, 2010
I've been thinking about what happened at Haiti with the massive earthquake and the massive death count over 100,000 and rising. We all know what death is and the effects it has on a small community like our villages and families when it happens. What is happening at Haiti must be very sad, desperate and crazy all at once.
Taxi fare war ends after top companies meet
Posted on March 4th, 2010
A fare war in the so-called cab capital of the nation ended this week, following an agreement between Bethel's major cab companies to thin out their permits.
Musher's message: New federal rule could cause deaths
Posted on March 4th, 2010
A federal regulation imposed on the state of Alaska in October of last year is causing quite a stir among the health and aviation industries, according to a statement from the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp.
Shopping for a store in Nunam Iqua
Posted on March 4th, 2010
A Yukon River village is close to having its first grocery store in more than a year, a move that will help local residents who snowmachine over risky terrain or fly to nearby communities just to shop.
Iditarod rookies from Y-K ready for adventure
Posted on March 4th, 2010
The Iditarod rookie nerves should be taking over about now, two days to race time, for Mike Williams Jr. and Peter Kaiser as they fiddle with their sleds, pack their sled bags and tick off items on to-do lists.
Bethel Family Clinic expands services with stimulus money
Posted on March 4th, 2010
One purpose of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was to address the health and social consequences of the recession.
Gunfire aimed at police brings arrest
Posted on March 4th, 2010
A Bethel man faces assault charges after firing a rifle at police, said Police Chief Larry Elarton.
Student competition turns on 'meniscus'
Posted on March 4th, 2010
It came down to a crescent shaped body. A fibrocartilaginous structure, to be exact, found in the human knee, but that's beside the point.
Mekoryuk man serves country, corporation
Posted on March 4th, 2010
Not every soldier in Afghanistan can say they're running a multi-million dollar Native corporation. But Maj. Wayne Don uses Skype to balance big-business decision-making with military responsibilities.
Catch share programs not mandated but offer incentives
Posted on March 4th, 2010
Many of the big decisions that affect our fishing industry are made by people who are far away and have never set foot in Alaska. The following are a few that fishing-dependent families and communities should have on their radars.
Tribal summit raises issues, ire
Posted on March 4th, 2010
A recent tribal meeting in Anchorage that included a discussion about redistributing land to tribes angered some who say organizers left many Alaska Native groups out of the discussion.
Researcher writes book for kids about 'Apun'
Posted on March 4th, 2010
Born in Florida and raised in New Mexico, Matthew Sturm somehow became an expert on snow. During the past 30 years, he has traveled thousands of miles on the substance, counted how many grains it takes to cover a football field to a depth of 2 feet (1 trillion), and has spent so much time lying on his side and squinting through a hand lens that he swears he has seen molecules of water moving through the snowpack
Native groups make case for state support
Posted on March 4th, 2010
Supporting their pending requests for more than $1 million in state assistance, representatives of two of the largest Native social service organizations in the Anchorage area discussed their efforts in health improvement and the sensitive areas of child abuse, neglect and sexual assault at the second Bush Caucus presentation of the legislative session.
Native Brotherhood welcomes continued federal subsistence oversight
Posted on March 4th, 2010
Calling the joint federal and state management of subsistence rights in Title VII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 "broken," Alaska Native Brotherhood president Willard Jackson said the organization supports the federal government's management of subsistence on its lands and waters.
Ice carving competition brings artists to Alaska
Posted on March 4th, 2010
Some 28 ice carvers from around the nation are in Fairbanks for the U.S. National Ice Carving Championship.
Lawyers debate wording on abortion initiative
Posted on March 4th, 2010
Anchorage Superior Court judge is expected to have a decision within a month on the wording of an abortion initiative targeted for the August ballot.
Panel analyzing role of Alaska's oil, gas tax
Posted on March 4th, 2010
A Senate committee is hearing conflicting accounts of how well Alaska's oil and gas production tax is working, with no promise that anything will be done about a nearly 2-year-old tax that has helped swell state coffers but draws complaints from oil companies.
