Bethel wrestles with new liquor law Oct 15, 2009
A week after Bethel voters lifted the city's 32-year ban on liquor sales, leaders on both sides of the debate are trying to block anyone from actually opening bars or liquor stores in town ... More than half a dozen businesses and groups have already asked the state for liquor license applications to sell booze in Bethel, according to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board ... Sponsors of the effort to repeal the liquor prohibition have started a "citizens coalition" opposed to anyone opening a... (Anchorage Daily News)
Parnell calls for more law presence in villages Oct 15, 2009
BETHEL - Gov. Sean Parnell is calling for a greater law enforcement presence in rural Alaska ... BETHEL - Gov. Sean Parnell is calling for a greater law enforcement presence in rural Alaska ... Parnell spoke Tuesday in Bethel to the Association of Village Council Presidents. (Juneau Empire)
Bethel voters have spoken: Liquor laws will loosen up Oct 14, 2009
The final tally is in, and Bethel voters have approved a proposition to loosen liquor laws after three decades of prohibition ... Anyone who wants to sell alcohol in Bethel will have to get a liquor license through the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which allows cities to protest applications. (Anchorage Daily News)
Lowell F. Caulkins, 91 Oct 14, 2009
and Bethel Caulkins (Harvey Glanzer) of Mineral Point, Wis. and many friends and neighbors of LaMars Township. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Army National Guard takes over as Iron Dog sponsor Oct 14, 2009
It paid three-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey $36,800 to train staff Sgt. Harry Alexie, 31, of Bethel, to compete in the world's richest sled dog race in a similar effort last spring. Alexie finished 37th -- or 36 spots behind his mentor -- in March. (Anchorage Daily News)
Fire chief gives village youths emergency training to help others, themselves (5/3/03) Oct 11, 2009
The Tundra Drums newspaper in Bethel mentioned the harrowing rescue a month later. "Teens Form Lifesaving Squad with Life-Changing Effects, " the headline read. (Anchorage Daily News)
Kenai reaches final Oct 10, 2009
" Keifer, a senior, is psyched to have survived another week of the football season. He's been dreaming of this moment since the sixth grade when he moved to Kenai from Bethel and learned how to play organized football. "We played backyard football in Bethel," said Keifer, who led all rushers with 113 yards on 21 carries. Rogers said he's fantasized about the state title game since 2005 when he was in the seventh grade. That year Kenai won its fourth straight state championship. Since then,... (Anchorage Daily News)
Unoffical count shows liquor sales passing Oct 10, 2009
In Bethel, residents voted to remove the local ban on liquor sales 543-382 Tuesday. Another 163 votes remain to be counted in that election. (Anchorage Daily News)
BOBBY G. NICHOLAI Oct 9, 2009
Bobby was born Dec. 10, 1970 to Alexie and Balassia Nicholai in Bethel ... He also worked at Subway restaurant, chopped wood and was a member of the Search and Rescue in Bethel. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Liquor laws relaxed in Bethel, Kotzebue Oct 8, 2009
On Tuesday, Bethel residents voted 543-482 to do away with the city's 32-year-old ban on liquor sales, according to an unofficial tally by the city clerk Wednesday afternoon ... Sarah Palin proposed reducing how much alcohol people in Bethel and other "damp" communities could buy each month ... Bethel has been the largest community to forbid liquor sales. (Anchorage Daily News)
Study finds prefab houses beyond repair in villages Oct 6, 2009
In Bethel, 70 miles to the northeast of Quinhagak, the city banned firefighters from staying overnight in the fire hall this summer because of widespread water damage. The station was built in the early 1980s, and wood rot is a common problem in the hub city for buildings constructed around the same time, Mayor Joe Klejka said at the time. (Juneau Empire)
Kirk, Wilson easily top 1-2-3A field Oct 4, 2009
19, LePore, Corbin, Bethel High, 17:39 ... 20, Hanson, Randy, Bethel High, 17:41 ... 31, Klejka, Jeremiah, Bethel High, 18:04. (Anchorage Daily News)
Dramatic finish Oct 4, 2009
34, Pellumbi, Eniana, Bethel High, 22:25 ... 58, Beans-Polk, Chelsea, Bethel High, 23:27 ... 88, Polk, Kira, Bethel High, 25:02. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Bethel inmates sue state over TV show Oct 3, 2009
Inmates at the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center in Bethel ... Seventeen Bethel jail inmates have filed a complaint against the state claiming they were abused for filming of the National Geographic cable TV show Among the accusations: a strip search conducted in full view of a camera crew and a mock jail release in which an inmate thought he was being freed but afterward was sent back to his cell ... The show's Bethel segment has (0). (Anchorage Daily News)
JUSTIN JAY LEMKE Oct 2, 2009
brother, Ronnie Mosley of Fairbanks; Amanda Anthony, his fianc; of Anchorage; great-grandmother, Gladys Kreider of Bethel; grandparents, William and Shirley Reitzle of Anchorage and Swede and Marnice Foote of Laclede, Idaho; aunts and uncles, Connie and Joel Christianson of Anchorage, Leah and Scott Alden of Portland, Ore. Jeffrey Foote of Laclede Idaho, and Gail Foote of Anchorage; cousins, Michael, Matthew and Madison Courtney of Anchorage, Jessica, John, Eugene, Jeff and Franklin Alden of... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Officer's body found in Kuskokwim River Oct 1, 2009
He and his wife were traveling from Bethel to Napaskiak when the motor quit and the boat sank. Janice Lake swam to shore but couldn't find her husband. (Juneau Empire)
Eating healthy on a limited budget Sep 30, 2009
Alaska nutrition program educators are found in the Extension Service district offices of Anchorage, Bethel, Fairbanks, Juneau, Nome and Palmer. These paraprofessionals serve their communities on a part-time basis, developing and delivering basic nutrition and food-budgeting programs to targeted audiences. (Juneau Empire)
Body of village police officer found days after boat sinks Sep 30, 2009
The officer, Ralph Lake, and his wife, Janice Lake, of Napaskiak were traveling the short distance by boat from Bethel to Napaskiak on Saturday afternoon when their motor quit and the boat began sinking, according to troopers. The couple swam for shore but when Janice Lake got out of the river, she couldn't find her husband, troopers said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Voting wet: Consequences for Bethel, Kotzebue Sep 30, 2009
Anchorage economist David Marshall, who has studied suicide and accidental death in village Alaska, writes that voter approval of alcohol sales in upcoming Bethel and Kotzebue referendums will be result in disaster: " It will raise accidental deaths and suicides, homicides, other violent crimes, and law-enforcement incidents of all sorts. ... One wonders if the needs of the ... residents who want to be able to drink when they choose can be met in some other way than by having bars and liquor... (Anchorage Daily News)
Bethel doctor wins 'genius award' for work in Africa Sep 23, 2009
A doctor who has practiced in Bethel off and on for nearly 30 years has been named a Mac-Arthur Fellow ... Dr. Jill Seaman, 57, who lately has been dividing her time between Bethel and southern Sudan, is among 24 new MacArthur Fellows announced Tuesday ... Grant Fairbanks, a friend of Seaman's in Bethel, has no doubt where that money will go since she "pretty much uses her whole Y-K salary to fund her (African) projects," he said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Bethel considers easing alcohol restrictions Sep 20, 2009
Bethel police officer Jerry Herrod follows up on an assault complaint recently ... Herrod says it's a small percentage of people in Bethel who are responsible for much of the alcohol-related crime and disturbances ... BETHEL -- Nearly every crime here in Alaska's largest rural hub is soaked in liquor. (Anchorage Daily News)
Photos: Bethel to vote on easing alcohol restrictions Sep 20, 2009
Bethel to vote on alcohol laws ... Responding to a call at a Bethel steam house, police officer Jerry Herrod arrives to defuse an argument between people he said had been drinking - a common situation, he says. (Anchorage Daily News)
Rabid wolf attacks hunter in Southwest Alaska Sep 19, 2009
Phillip, whose tale was first reported by a KYUK reporter in Bethel, called out again to alert the others of the life-or-death struggle unfolding about 30 feet from the camp, one of the other hunters, Glenn Ivon, 46, said by phone Friday ... They cleaned Rod Phillip's wound using a first-aid kit at the camp, but waited until first light to get back to Bethel. (Anchorage Daily News)
Anaktuvuk Pass closes school due to sick kids Sep 12, 2009
The Bethel hospital saw a spike in emergency room visits Thursday and Friday morning, with more than a third of the patients reporting flu-like symptoms, said Donna Bach, spokeswoman for the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. On Monday, the hospital plans to open a "flu table" where people can pick up fever-reducing medicine, face masks and hand sanitizer. In the village of Chevak on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the health clinic canceled scheduled appointments to focus on flu patients and avoid... (Anchorage Daily News)
Kotzebue will vote on controlling liquor sales Sep 8, 2009
Now it's suddenly one of two regional hub cities -- Bethel is the other -- with a proposal to relax local liquor rules on the October ballot. Supporters say the Bethel move is a backlash against ever-tightening state oversight of damp communities. (Anchorage Daily News)
Lorraine Traeger Sep 4, 2009
Her funeral service is at 11 a.m. (M.S.T.) on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, at the Bethel Free Lutheran Church, Culbertson ... Lorraine was a member of the Bethel Community Church and enjoyed worshipping there ... Friends may call at the Bethel Free Lutheran Church, Culbertson, on Friday from 3-7 p.m. and again on Saturday one hour prior to services. (Williston Daily Herald, ND)
SPELLING BEES: WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT ON OBAMA 'SCHOOCHILDREN' SPEECH... Sep 3, 2009
The 14th similar forum Secretary Vilsack has led since being sworn in, this event follows rural listening sessions held in Bethel, Alaska, St. John Parish, La ... On Wednesday, he will participate in the White House Rural Tour with stops in Bethel and Hooper Bay. (The Drudge Report)
Encroaching river set clock ticking on Newtok Aug 30, 2009
But Newtok, northeast of Bethel and just a few miles inland from the Bering Sea, is by far the closest to actually moving ... Martha Simon, who moved to the village from Bethel 11 years ago, said kids get sores in the summer from playing on dirty boardwalks where people track waste from the river ... Bob Herron, D-Bethel, expects to face "tremendous challenges" finding the money. (Anchorage Daily News)
Newtok: A look at the community Aug 30, 2009
Location: The Bering Sea coast, on the bank of the Ninglick River, 94 miles northwest of Bethel. History: The Newtok people s ancestors have lived in the Nelson Island region for at least 2,000 years. (Anchorage Daily News)
What's killing the homeless in Anchorage? Aug 23, 2009
Oscar grew up in Bethel with Edwin Wheeler, 45, who was found dead near a picnic table on East 11th Avenue. And she was drinking buddies with another, Douglas Friday, the pedestrian killed Aug. 10 after stepping onto the Old Seward Highway. (Anchorage Daily News)
Anchorage's 12 homeless deaths this year Aug 23, 2009
Anchorage Daily News. Find out where the fish are biting, and share your knowledge. (Anchorage Daily News)
Inside Alaska business Aug 22, 2009
The all-cargo airline is based in Anchorage and has offices in Bethel, Fairbanks and Deadhorse. Shippers again pick Lynden as the best. (Anchorage Daily News)
2009 GNAC Preview: Vikings eye fifth GNAC volleyball championship Aug 21, 2009
Puyallup, WA - Bethel, 2. 86 dps), outside hitter Kristin Anderson (5-10, Sr., Vancouver, WA - LaSalle, 1. (Wwuvikings.com)
Bay area man killed in boat crash Aug 18, 2009
The Coast Guard says 59-year-old Jerry Campbell of Bethel Island was heading home around 9:30 p.m. Friday when his boat hit a break wall near the Carquinez Bridge. Rescuers found Campbell badly injured inside the 26-foot boat. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Letters to the editor (8/17/09) Aug 17, 2009
Cama'i, Calista Corp., AVCP and AVCP Housing Authority were pleased to welcome four secretaries from the Obama administration Aug. 12 in Bethel and Hooper Bay. Our Yup'ik and Cup'ik Native people were proud to share our successes and speak about our regional issues in the areas of education, housing, health, energy and subsistence. (Anchorage Daily News)
Study: Age of First-Time Moms Is Going Up Aug 15, 2009
Original Performers and Attendees Return to Bethel to Mark the Festival's 40th Anniversary. Joe Jonas Goes the Distance; Plus, Victoria Beckham, Brad Pitt and Robin Williams. (CBS News)
Begich says rural trip revealing for cabinet Aug 14, 2009
The cabinet members -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan -- on Wednesday visited Alaska as part of the administration's "Rural Tour." Begich acted as guide in Bethel, a transportation and government hub for southwest villages, and Hooper Bay, a large, mostly Yu'pik Eskimo village of 1,160 on the Bering Sea about 500 miles west of Anchorage. Both communities are well off the... (Anchorage Daily News)
• Teachers learn to integrate arts with content learning Aug 14, 2009
Traci Buckle, an instructional coach who works in Eek, Quinhagak, Goodnews Bay and Platinum in the Bethel area, said the brain research was one of the most important things she'll take away from the Institute. "Actually being able to explain that to parents and administrators why it's so important to have arts and arts in the curriculum and integrating the arts into the curriculum," Buckle said. (Juneau Empire)
4 Cabinet members visit rural Alaska Aug 14, 2009
BETHEL - Four members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet are attending a forum in Bethel as part of the administration's Rural Tour and to learn of the unique challenges in the Alaska Bush ... BETHEL - Four members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet are attending a forum in Bethel as part of the administration's Rural Tour and to learn of the unique challenges in the Alaska Bush ... The four secretaries were late in arriving in Bethel on Wednesday after problems with their plane delayed them... (Juneau Empire)
UAF receives grant for statewide education Aug 14, 2009
"The Obama Administration supports the use of technology and other innovative means to overcome distance and remove barriers to higher education in rural communities," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who visited Bethel and Hooper Bay Wednesday and Anchorage on Tuesday as part of the White House Rural Tour. "Today's grant announcement is a small piece of an overall strategy to strengthen rural America. Recent high school graduates and adults training for new careers will benefit... (Juneau Empire)
Obama team sees difficulties unique to the Bush Aug 13, 2009
Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of the Department of Education, shakes hands with Nick Tucker of Emmonak during a hearing in Bethel Aug. 12, 2009. Four Cabinet secretaries from the Obama administration visited Bethel as part of a listening tour of rural parts of the country ... BETHEL -- Four of President Obama's cabinet members whirled through a pair of remote Alaska communities Wednesday to hear an earful about the state's novel needs and the borderline third-world conditions in some villages. (Anchorage Daily News)
Obama's Cabinet secretaries tour rural Alaska Aug 13, 2009
At regional transportation hub Bethel, with more than 5,600 residents, Ray Watson, a Bethel tribal chairman, thanked the federal officials for their visit. In 1971, a visit by U.S. Sen. (Anchorage Daily News)
Photos: Rural Tour Aug 13, 2009
Four cabinet secretaries from the Obama administration visited Bethel on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, as part of a listening tour of rural parts of the country. They included Arne Duncan of the Department of Education, left, and Steven Chu of the Department of Energy. (Anchorage Daily News)
HUD secretary announces stimulus grants here Aug 12, 2009
Donovan on Wednesday will join Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Energy Secretary Steven Chu on a flight to Alaska communities far more rural than Anchorage: Bethel, a southwest Alaska hub city of 5,600, and nearby Hooper Bay, a traditional Yu'pik Eskimo community of 1,160 whose residents live off commercial fishing and subsistence hunting and fishing. Donovan announced that HUD is awarding 61 grants, totaling $132 million, to Native American and Native... (Anchorage Daily News)
HUD awards $4M to SE tribal groups Aug 12, 2009
$5 million to AVCP Regional Housing Authority in Bethel. $2 million to Asa'carsarmiut Tribe in Mountain Village. (Juneau Empire)
Alaska moving prisoners from AZ to CO Aug 12, 2009
Two of the finalists were Corrections Corp. of America - which runs the Arizona prison - and Cornell Companies, a Texas company that Alaska already uses to run halfway houses in Anchorage, Bethel and Nome. Charles Seigel, spokesman for Cornell, said the 1,250-bed Hudson prison is scheduled to be completed in the next few months. (Juneau Empire)
Legislature overrides Palin's veto on stimulus Aug 11, 2009
"Instead of being the last state in the union to take this money we should have been the first," said Bethel Democratic Sen ... Bob Buch, D-Anchorage; Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski; Sharon Cissna , D-Anchorage; Harry Crawford, D-Anchorage; Nancy Dahlstrom, R-Eagle River; Mike Doogan, D-Anchorage; Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham; Les Gara, D-Anchorage; Berta Gardner, D-Anchorage; Carl Gatto, R-Palmer; Max Gruenberg, D-Anchorage; David Guttenberg, D-Fairbanks; John Harris, R-Valdez; Mike Hawker,... (Anchorage Daily News)
Alaska prisoners to move from Arizona to Colorado Aug 11, 2009
The state already has a contract with Cornell for six halfway houses, including ones in Bethel, Nome and Anchorage. But Cornell in recent years has also been on the public radar for an inadvertent role in the federal corruption charges against Alaska politicians. (Anchorage Daily News)
State to work in villages to improve scores Aug 9, 2009
In Tuluksak, about 35 miles from Bethel, elder Andrew Alexie says his village is doing everything it can to make its school better. His school is considered one of the worst in the state. (Juneau Empire)
Test scores show Alaska schools lagging despite reform Aug 8, 2009
Still, his school, in Tuluksak, a village 35 miles from Bethel with 500 people, is considered one of the worst in the state. Only 36 percent of its teens graduate. (Anchorage Daily News)
Business people Aug 4, 2009
Washington will be based in Bethel, at the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. In her position as RVL, she will be a local point of contact representing the VA to serve veterans in the region to assist with VA applications for health care and benefits. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Police Beat: Aug. 4, 2009 Aug 4, 2009
Aug. 1: A wallet belonging to Lorraine E. Jones, 43, Bethel, was turned in to the police. ASSAULT. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Bethel bans plastic bags in order to cut tundra trash Jul 24, 2009
ANCHORAGE - The Bethel City Council voted to ban plastic bags and foam plastic takeout containers to reduce windblown trash on the tundra ... ANCHORAGE - The Bethel City Council voted to ban plastic bags and foam plastic takeout containers to reduce windblown trash on the tundra ... The Bethel mayor, Joe Klejka, said it remains to be seen whether businesses will try to overturn the ban. (Juneau Empire)
Tundra trash: Bethel prohibits plastic bags Jul 22, 2009
Plastic bags are strewn around the tundra in spring 2008 near the landfill outside Bethel ... City leaders in Alaska's biggest rural hub, Bethel, voted last week to ban the plastic bags and takeout containers that litter the surrounding tundra for miles with twisted, windblown plastic ... There's no curb-side garbage service in Bethel, so people lug their trash to neighborhood Dumpsters where the breeze -- or ravens -- sends loose bags parachuting through town. (Anchorage Daily News)
Our view: No easy answers Jul 19, 2009
The Yup'ik immersion school in Bethel is a shining example of what's possible, she says. The teachers are from the community, they believe in the children and the children respond. (Anchorage Daily News)
Prior history of sexual assault nets Alakanuk man 99-year term Jul 18, 2009
BETHEL -- A recidivist sex offender has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for sexual assault and incest. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Passing note to trial witness results in suspension for judge Jul 18, 2009
Judge Dennis Cummings of Bethel ... BETHEL -- Alaska's highest court is ordering that a District Court judge in Bethel be suspended for inappropriate contact with a witness. (Anchorage Daily News)
Bethel bans non-biodegradable plastic bags Jul 17, 2009
The Bethel City Council on Tuesday voted to ban stores from handing out non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags and restaurants from using foam food takeout containers ... Harry Morgan of Aniak, a village that has already banned plastic shopping bags, says Bethel and the surrounding landscape will be cleaner as a result of the vote: "There's so much plastic bags, you fly out there, you see them all over.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Yup'ik voters and Bethel reach deal on interpreters Jul 17, 2009
ANCHORAGE - The city of Bethel will provide better trained Yup'ik translators at voting polls and translations of voting materials under an agreement with the Native American Rights Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union, a city official said ... ANCHORAGE - The city of Bethel will provide better trained Yup'ik translators at voting polls and translations of voting materials under an agreement with the Native American Rights Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union, a city official said... (Juneau Empire)
Bethel will improve its system of translators Jul 16, 2009
The city of Bethel will provide better trained Yup'ik translators at voting polls and translations of voting materials under an agreement with the Native American Rights Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union, a city official said ... Bethel has made translators available to voters since the 1970s, city clerk Lori Strickler said ... Bethel officials have agreed to provide a glossary of election terms and sample ballots and public notice of election announcements in Yup'ik. (Anchorage Daily News)
Inmate is accused of spraying urine on a corrections officer Jul 9, 2009
BETHEL -- An inmate at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center is accused of filling a bottle with urine and using it to spray a guard, Alaska State Troopers said ... Bethel resident Richard Hickman, 20, is accused of spraying the officer with urine and spraying two other officers with ketchup on Tuesday, troopers said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Sharon Kay Beebe Jul 7, 2009
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday at Bethel Chapel in Mountain View in Anchorage. Pastor Evans will officiate. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Local courts last to modernize files Jul 7, 2009
Dolphin said that certain courts, Fairbanks and Bethel for example, were particularly gung-ho about getting onto the new system. "Whoever raised their hands first, we went there first," Dolphin said. (Juneau Empire)
National foundation heads met in Anchorage Jul 5, 2009
Among the non-arts groups included in the announcement of about $2 million in Allen grants for nonprofits throughout the Northwest was Bethel's Tundra Women's Coalition, which received $200,000. The coalition provides the only shelter and outreach program that provides services to victims of family violence, sexual assault and child sexual abuse to Bethel and the 56 Native villages in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region. (Anchorage Daily News)
Men's results Jul 5, 2009
320 Gregory Lincoln Bethel AK M 41 191 1:30:48. 349 Bruce Davison Anchorage AK M 61 192 1:30:52. (Anchorage Daily News)
