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2021-10-16

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Newly-elected council member Hessler votes 'no' on mask mandate

During the Oct. 12 Bethel City Council meeting, four newly elected council members were sworn in. Then the council voted to renew a series of pandemic mitigation measures, including a mask mandate. The measures passed easily, but the mask mandate came up against some rare opposition from an audience member and a new council member. Read more

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Toyostoves are scarce this year. That's bad news for keeping homes in rural Alaska warm

Some families in rural Alaska may have trouble heating their homes this winter. Toyostoves, which may be the most prevalent way to heat homes in rural Alaska, are scarce this year. The stove shortage is yet another symptom of the COVID-19 pandemic. Step into any home in rural Alaska and... Read more

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Hooper Bay man arrested for sexual assault, abuse of a teenager

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A man from the Southwestern Alaska village of Hooper Bay has been arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting and abusing a teenager. Paul Lake, 31, was arrested by Alaska State Troopers with assistance from the Bethel Police Department on Tuesday, according to a dispatch posted online by troopers. He is charged with one count of second-degree sexual assault and one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Read more

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Sallaffie honored with First Lady’s Volunteer of the Year Award

Congratulations to Bethel’s Rachel Sallaffie, recipient of the First Lady’s Volunteer of the Year Award. Rachel and six other recipients were honored by First Lady Rose Dunleavy who congratulated the awardees at the ceremonial luncheon at the Governor’s Anchorage office on October 7, 2021. First Lady and her selection committee... Read more

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