Bethel News

BETHEL, Alaska a " An air taxi with eight people aboard made an emergency landing on tundra when the engine failed near Alaska's Bering Sea coast.Passengers told The Anchorage Daily News the Yute Air pilot remained calm on the flight from Bethel to Kipnuk, and the landing Wednesday was so smooth it could have been on a runway.

It's been called the best-kept secret in health care. For over 200 years, the U.S. government has successfully provided free health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives - first, as part of the War Department and later as part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The City of Bethel, Alaska is soliciting a qualified consulting firm to submit a proposal to update the Citya s Comprehensive Plan.

Published: October 13th, 2009 09:06 PM Last Modified: October 13th, 2009 09:06 PM The final tally is in, and Bethel voters have approved a proposition to loosen liquor laws after three decades of prohibition.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has landed a $1.7 million federal grant to help design Yupik-language lessons for schools in southwest Alaska.

Early, unofficial election results have been posted on the Bethel city Web site.

As many as one-third of homes in one Western Alaska village are rotting, moldy and potentially unsafe to live in, a new report says.

A Southwest Alaska village police officer known for his Yup'ik dancing and singing is presumed drowned in the Kuskokwim River after his boat sank, according to Alaska State Troopers.

A father of four lies in a hospital bed, partially paralyzed from the shoulders down.

Tunnel Man's rap: Climate change for village kids Published: September 10th, 2009 02:39 PM Last Modified: September 10th, 2009 02:43 PM Link: Alaska Dispatch UAF permafrost researcher Kenji Yoshikawa likes to get off the campus and into the field.

The annual tour of Alaska for officials of Outside charities is under way this week with stops in Anchorage, Bethel, Napaskiak, Barrow and Prudhoe Bay.

After 17 years as the afternoon voice of NPR's newscasts, Corey Flintoff is stepping out from the newscaster's booth to be a correspondent with the NPR Foreign Desk.

Life in rural, or "bush", Alaska is very different but very exciting! You can only get to the bush via airplanes.

A juvenile is suspected of causing at least $10,000 in damage to two airplanes, a bus and an elementary school in Lower Kalskag.

Darren Kellerby has worked hard this year to smash some stereotypes. The 27-year-old Grand Junction native and Mesa State College graduate has been teaching high school students in a remote Alaskan village for two years and is traveling to Grand Junction this week with four students.

MARIA ZEAL of Ottawa received a Bachelor of Arts in music with a minor in theology from Indiana Bible College in Indianapolis May 9. She graduated with the highest honors and will serve an internship in Bethel, Alaska, this summer.

WALL OF WATER: Officials keep track of flood crests as they move down Yukon, Kuskokwim rivers.

Efforts are under way in Eagle to assess the damage caused when ice jams on the Yukon River caused massive flooding in the community.

Elders and pregnant women have been evacuated from a flooded Kuskokwim River village.

Cleanup and damage assessment continued Friday in Eagle after a devastating flood caused by ice jams from the Yukon River caused extensive damage throughout the community.