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 […]
A huge fire broke out in Bethel on Monday night, engulfing the yet to be completed Alcohol Treatment Center behind the Bethel Post Office there. When firefighters arrived at the scene after it was reported just after 8 pm last night, the 12.65 million structure was already fully engulfed in flames. The 16-bed facility was […]
The City of Holy Cross reported a burglary that had taken place in their office in the community of approximately 227 Saturday before last. After troopers responded to the scene and carried out an investigation of the burglary and theft of pull-tabs and cash, they identified a suspect in the crime. Last Monday, troopers reported […]
The 31-year-old Bethel man who was shot by Bethel police on August 15th, was arrested after being released from the hospital on Wednesday. Aaron Moses was arrested on Wednesday on charges of Assault II, Assault III, and Criminal Mischief III after an indictment by a Bethel Grand Jury on Thursday, August 28th. It was […]