The Tundra Drums - CAUYAT - "The Beat of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta"
Delta girl named Miracle Network Champion
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...
Aquatic center breaks ground
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...
Officer charged with with DUI
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...
Girl killed by gunshot
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....
Plane misses runway
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...
Woman dead in ATV rollover
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...
Trooper Report – May 16, 2013
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...
Referendum drive underway to repeal oil tax bill
A drive to repeal the oil tax bill that passed this year’s legislature is underway. The group, Vote Yes – Repeal the Giveaway, applied for a referendum petition that was approved last month. If enough signitures are gathered for the petition,...
Governor to run again
Gov. Sean Parnell announced earlier this month that he plans to seek re-election to the state’s highest executive office in the 2014 election. Parnell, a Republican Party member, held the office of Lieutenant Governor in Gov. Sarah Palin’s...
Walker seeks governor's office
Bill Walker, lawyer and former Valdez mayor, announced last month that he will seek the Republican nomination for the 2014 governor’s race. Walker ran for the nomination in 2010 and finished second to current Gov. Sean Parnell. He said he entered...
Redistricting board awaits U.S. Supreme Court decision
Late last month the Alaska State Supreme Court clarified to the Alaska Redistricting Board that the board needed to draw the state’s voting district boundaries based on requirements in the state constitution. Also last month, the board said it...
Best in the West competition begins
The Best in the West small business competition is on for 2013. The Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center and UAF Kuskokwim Campus has invited people with small business ideas and dreams to apply for...
Crowley wins trucking fleet awards
Crowley’s Alaska petroleum distribution subsidiary, CPD Alaska, LLC., was recently honored with the Alaska Safe Truck Fleet of the Year and the Most Improved Fleet awards during customer ConocoPhillips’ and the Alaska Trucking Association...
Fishing regulations change for Yukon River
The Federal Subsistence Board announced changes to Yukon River area subsistence regulations on May 6. In Districts 1, 2 and 3, from June 1 through July 15, fishers may not possess king salmon taken for subsistence purposes unless both tips (lobes)...
Salmon prices depend on foreign currencies
Between 60 and 70 percent of Alaska’s seafood is exported to customers around the globe, and the strength of foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar plays a big role in annual sales. Tracking by ...
Paul Takumjenak (1937-2013)
Paul Takumjenak died peacefully at the age of 76 at ANMC on April 25, 2013. Paul Takumjenak was born on Oct. 6, 1937 to Crim Klement Takumjenak and Massa Kalika of Aniak. Paul’s family lived in...
Evelyn Alice Aiiyak Pan'yuk Walters (1925-2013)
Evelyn Alice Aiiyak Pan’yuk Walters was born Oct. 30, 1925 and went to be with Lord on April 8, 2013. Her biological parents were Mary Waskey and John Mark. Evelyn was raised by her adoptive...
Akeuq, John Ayunerak (1939-2013)
April 18, 1939 - April 6, 2013 Akeuq, John Ayunerak was born in Qasunaq in 1939 to Natalia and James Ayunerak. He was raised in Cupik life style with lots of knowledge of survival in both Cupik and...
Et tu, Begich?
I’ve been accused of growing up somewhat sheltered in terms of Alaska politics – I was raised in a little leftist bubble, you might say, that encompassed Bootlegger’s Cove, Chugach “Optional” Elementary School, and, that hotbed of young...
During the U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship, the State Department appointments should be Alaskans
The chairmanship of the Arctic Council rotates between the eight Arctic nations. For the last six years the chairmanship has been successively held by Scandinavian countries: Norway, then Denmark, and then Sweden. On May 15, in Kiruna, Sweden,...
BRHS Class of 2026 gets ready to start school
The BRHS class of 2026 will start kindergarten this fall as the class of 2013 heads out the door. Mikelnguut Elitnaurviat School and Ayaprun held their annual kindergarten round up April 24 through...
Pierce graduates from UAA
Lisa Pierce of Mountain Village is among the 2,315 graduates of the University of Alaska Anchorage Class of 2013. She received a master of social work degree at a celebratory ceremony at the George M. Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska, on May 5....
Sobriety conference set for Fairbanks
The Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. has announced the Rural Providers’ Conference will be held June 10 to 14 in Fairbanks. RurAL CAP and the Tanana Chiefs Conference will co-sponsor the 30th annual RPC, which will be held at the...
Rural development loan applications being accepted
USDA-Rural Development Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund has announced that applications are being accepted from qualified non-profit and public organizations (intermediaries) to provide loans to support rural businesses and community development...
Fund announces 2013 grant opportunities
The Alaska Native Fund, established in 2011 in a partnership between the Alaska Conservation Foundation and an Alaska Native steering committee, is an innovative grant program that supports Alaska Native organizations and individuals in seeking...
Solicitation for relending program underway
USDA-Rural Development Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund has announced that applications are being accepted from qualified non-profit and public organizations (intermediaries) to provide loans to support rural businesses and community development...
Turn Back the Pages - May 6, 1982
May 6, 1982 The Tundra Drums Demantle found not guilty – A six person jury has acquitted Joe Demantle Fr. of Tuluksak of two charges of taking game without a license and transporting illegally taken game. The four men, two women jury needed only...
