The search is continuing for the last two of a three-person group traveling to Akiak from their original starting point of Bethel, but that search has gone without further results. Alaska State Troopers believe that it is very likely that the two missing travelers , 27-year-old Sally Stone and 26-year-old George Evan, both of Akiak, were […]
Three people traveling from Bethel to Akiak remain missing after the discovery of a four wheeler in an open lead on the Kuskokwim River on Saturday. Troopers were notified of overdue travelers, two men and a woman, who did not arrive at Akiak as scheduled after leaving Kwethluk on Thursday. Troopers received the report on […]
Alaska State Troopers received a report of a deceased person in the community of Napaskiak early Saturday morning. Troopers would fly to the community mid-morning on Saturday and conduct an investigation into he death of 28-year-old Napaskiak resident Matthew Beaver. The trooper investigation would reveal that Beaver had been drinking with his niece, 20-year-old Kayla […]
Even though the grand opening of the Bethel swimming pool was held as planned last Saturday, the pool was shut down immediately after. City manager Pete Williams cited concerns with the sprinkler system at the Kuimarvik facility. The term Kuimarvik is Yup’ik for “A place to swim.” The city is concerned that there is inadequate […]