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 […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard has been operating a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter out of Bethel since late January 2023 and will continue doing so for the foreseeable future to continue federal training requirements across Western Alaska. While the aircraft and crew are stationed in Bethel for the purpose of […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska National Guard along with agencies from the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will hold a recruiting outreach event in Bethel March 24-26 coinciding with the Cama-i Dance Festival. Members of multiple Alaska National Guard components and DMVA agencies will be on hand during the festival to interact […]
BETHEL, ALASKA – The Alaska Army National Guard rescued two overdue snow machiners suffering from severe frostbite near Tuntutuliak, Feb. 14, 2023. After learning the two men were overdue, the Alaska State Troopers requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The AKRCC then sought assistance from the Alaska Army National […]