The Tundra Drums - CAUYAT - "The Beat of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta"

Ten-year-old Karen Nickoli has been chosen as the 2013 Alaska Champion in the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Champions program. Karen spent more than a year at The Children’s Hospital at...

Tomorrow at noon a groundbreaking ceremony will be held at the site of the Yukon Kuskokwim Regional Aquatic Health and Safety Center, 267 Akiachak St. The facility will include a six-lane swimming pool, shallow family swim area, kiddie pool, hot...

A former Bethel police officer has been charged with DUI. The Samuel “Colin” Symmes was one of the officers who responded to the scene of an incident last October where 24-year-old Sam Alexie Jr. was shot and killed after pointing a rifle at...

On April 29 an 8-year-old boy, playing with a Rugar 10/22, shot and killed his 5-year-old sister in Mountain Village, according to Alaska State Troopers. The youth had used the weapon while hunting the day before. Alaska State Troopers in St....

A plane missed the runway in Newtok on May 4. The Hageland Aviation plane had four people aboard, including the pilot. Minor injuries to the passengers and pilot were reported, according to Alaska State Troopers. The National Transportation Safety...

An Alakanuk woman died following an accident on an ATV on May 7. Troopers report that Lois Chikigak, 30 of Alakanuk, was operating an ATV at high speeds when she lost control of the ATV and it rolled over on her. She was pronounced dead at the local...

The following is from the dispatches of the Alaska State Troopers. Those who have been arrested, cited or summoned are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. On April 22 Alaska State Troopers investigated a burglary at the Pilot...

Brayton Lieb gets some impressive height in the one-foot high kick event at the Statewide Senior NYO Games in Anchorage over the weekend. The 2013 event brought participants together from across...

Vitus Marine LLC is gearing up for a second season delivering fuel and other goods to 55 remote villages throughout Western Alaska on behalf of the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative. The M/V Cavek,...

About 40 people attended a rally on April 22 in support of subsistence rights in Bethel, according to KYUK.org. People from Bethel and surrounding villages gathered at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game office where they displayed their signs in...

Testimony and closing arguments were heard in mid-April in the Bethel trial of 22 fishers who were cited last summer for fishing with illegal gear while areas on the Kuskokwim River were closed for 12 days. Testimony included testimony that Yup’ik...

Bethel City Council has passed an ordinance to negotiate a lease between the Lower Kuskokwim School District and the city for the land on which the old National Guard Armory sits, according to KYUK.org. The Guard is giving the school district the...

KYUK now airs a National Public Radio newscast every weekday at 2:01 p.m. The five-minute newscast provides updates on breaking news and major stories during the afternoon of music....

A proposal to allow geotechnical surveys for Nuvista’s proposed Chikuminuk Lake hydroelectric dam did not clear this year’s legislative session, according to The Bristol BayTimes/Dutch Harbor Fisherman. The proposed dam would be in Wood Tikchik...

Troopers arrested Philip Simeon, 26 of Aniak, on April 25 for manslaughter, assault and driving under the influence after a snowmachine accident resulted in the death of a 15 year old. Aniak-based Alaska State Troopers recevied a report at 9:43 p.m....

The Village Public Safety Officer in Quinhagak reported to troopers on April 17 that Wilbur Small, 52 of Quinhagak, was found dead on the Quinhagak-Eek snow machine trail. His snow machine was found about 500 feet away, submerged to the cowling in a...

Members of a hunting party notified AST on April 20 of the death of Darrel Hunt, 37 of Pitka’s Point, in a snowmachine accident on Andreafsky River. The hunting party took the body to St. Mary’s before notifying troopers. AST reported to the...

Bethel Community Services Foundation has hired Michelle DeWitt to be its new executive director. “We were delighted to meet Ms. DeWitt and to be able to come to an agreement with her,” said Frank Neitz, president of the board of directors. “We...

The Bureau of Land Management held a signing ceremony on April 24 patenting a large block of land near Sleetmute to the State of Alaska. BLM-Alaska State Director Bud Cribley signed the patent and presented the final documents to Alaska Department of...

The Denali Commission has received the required approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Work Plan enabling up to $13.625 million in federal funding for rural Alaska projects. The Denali Commission began issuing...

Empty Bowls started in February with community members gathering in the KuC art room to make ceramic bowls for the big fundraiser on April 27. With the help of community members, Girl Scout troops, sc...

The following is from the dispatches of the Alaska State Troopers. Those who have been arrested, cited or summoned are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. On March 22 Aniak troopers investigated a report that a 15-year-old Aniak...

Bethel City Council rejected on April 9 an ordinance that would have amended the city’s public decency code with new laws, according KYUK. The laws would have banned walking drunk on city streets and ice roads, littering, defacing property,...

An alleged bootlegger was banished from the village Akiak following an April 10 ruling by tribal judges, according to adn.com. Joseph Miranda is not to enter the village until he talks with the tribal court and council, according to the decision of...

The trial began this week in Bethel for 22 fishers cited while areas of the Kuskokwim river were closed to fishing in June. Three men have already been tried, found guilty and fined $250 each. Attorney James Davis Jr. wanted the trials of the...