YKHC will leverage GCI’s existing network to bring urban-level internet service to Western Alaska’s largest rural economic hub BETHEL, Alaska—Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC), the Tribal health organization for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, and GCI, Alaska’s largest telecommunications provider, Friday announced that they will apply to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for a $53 million […]
A Bethel teen on a flight from Bethel to Aniak was arrested on charges that include terroristic threatening after attempting to crash the commercial aircraft with six people on board on Wednesday afternoon. According to the trooper investigation, 18-year-old Jaden Lake-Kameroff, while on a flight from Bethel to Aniak, “got up from his seat and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard prepositioned a hoist-capable UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Bethel April 27 as part of the State’s effort to prepare for disaster response during the 2021 spring flood season, considering the potential threat of flooding along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. A Black Hawk and aircrew from […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard will send a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to Bethel today as part of the State’s effort to prepare for disaster response during the 2021 spring flood season. A Black Hawk and aircrew from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, is scheduled to […]
