(Kotzebue, AK) – On March 28, 2023, 22-year-old Jalen Minock, of Russian Mission, was convicted by a jury in Bethel Superior Court of one count of attempted murder in the first degree, one count of robbery in the first degree, one count of misconduct involving weapons in the second degree, and 11 counts of assault in […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge William Morse sentenced 59-year-old Allen Hiratsuka to 16 years with three years suspended and 13 years to serve for the crime of sexual assault in the second degree. Hiratsuka was convicted by an Anchorage jury on Nov. 21, 2022, after a month-and-a-half long trial. The conviction relates to […]
Wildlife Troopers report that a Petersburg boater was rescued from his 18-foot Lund skiff that had crashed and become lodged in a tripod navigational marker in the Wrangell Narrows on Friday afternoon. The boater, identified as 51-year-old Harry Musewski, was traveling southbound in the narrows when he collided with the marker. Musewski suffered injuries and […]
Yugtun is the most widely spoken native language in Alaska and the second largest in the United States, after Navajo. Bethel is the hub for Yugtun speakers, and the language is finally getting a curriculum and test that captures its core. This February, the Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD) rolled out an innovative Yugtun language […]