Samantha Watson, or Sam, comes to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta from the East Coast, where she’s most recently worked for Vermont Public Radio. She grew up in Great Barrington Massachusetts, known for a few famous alien abductions, and attended the University of Vermont.

The body of 32-year-old Adrian “Aya” Andrew, who was originally from Kwigillingok, was discovered by a small group of searchers on Nov. 24 under the ice in the area where travelers frequently cross the river between Napaskiak and Oscarville.

People packed the Yupiit Picaryarait Cultural Center on Nov. 15 to hear a pair of Bethel strummers join a songslinger all the way from Nashville in the 10th season of the self-described musical game show.

Russian Orthodox believers and clergy congregated in the Kuskokwim village of Kwethluk this month to complete one of the final steps in the process of canonizing the first Yup’ik saint – exhuming her body.

The significant hazards posed by the river condition led Bethel Search and Rescue (BSAR) to make their 2024 Kuskokwim River Aerial Survey theme “Danger Close.”

With strong support from many lower Kuskokwim villages, Jimmie beat out incumbent Bethel Democrat Rep. Conrad “CJ” McCormick by just 58 votes.

For decades, King Cove’s roughly 800 residents have called for a road they say could save lives in emergencies. Neither city has a hospital, so residents rely on medical evacuations to reach Anchorage for urgent medical care. The Biden administration last week endorsed the proposal, recommending a land exchange with King Cove’s Native corporation so the road can be built. But that road would go through a federally protected wilderness area. While residents argue it’s a matter of life and death, environmental advocates say the road could threaten vital wildlife habitat — and set a dangerous precedent.

The Associated Press announced Wednesday that Trump, a Republican, has taken Alaska and its three electoral votes. The majority of Unalaskans voted in his favor. He received about 55% of the vote Tuesday. Some questioned ballots still need to be accounted for, but not enough to turn the island’s presidential choice blue.

The Bering Sea’s biggest and most lucrative crab fisheries opened last week, and so far, fishing is looking good.“Fishing has been very good for the [Bristol Bay red king crab] fleet this season and the crab delivered so far has been of high quality — new shell, large size, good meat-fill,” said Alaska Department of Fish and Game Area Management Biologist Ethan Nichols.

Charges against the young man involved in a fatal 2019 Unalaska car crash have been reduced, more than four years after he was originally indicted.Dustin Ruckman, who is now 23 years old, was originally charged in 2020 with two counts of manslaughter, two counts of criminally negligent homicide and one count of reckless driving. He now faces just two counts of criminally negligent homicide.