Alaska State troopers revealed on Monday that they had transported a Kwethluk teen, who has been charged with attempted murder and other charges, to Bethel over the weekend following an incident Kwethluk involving VPOs there. According to the report by troopers, 19-year-old Bryan Nicolai, broke into the public safety building on Saturday and activated […]
Dillingham, AK – Bristol Bay’s first Covid-19 case was reported today, a mere two days after State and Federal health officials visited Dillingham, AK and heard first hand requests for adequate testing and enforceable quarantine for incoming fishing industry members. The asymptomatic Trident worker tested positive on May 15th for Covid-19 while in […]
Through screening and COVID-19 testing of inbound passengers at the Bethel airport, YKHC identified a second positive COVID-19 case in the YK Delta. YKHC received and confirmed the positive result on May 15. The individual who tested positive traveled from Anchorage to Bethel, continuing same-day travel to an outlying village. YKHC is not releasing […]
May 16, 2020 – A positive case of COVID-19 was announced today in an out-of-state individual who had recently arrived in Dillingham to work seasonally for Trident Seafoods. The case was discovered yesterday when several workers quarantining in the same location were tested for COVID-19 at the end of their 14-day quarantine. Before workers can […]