Racers swam, biked, and ran their way through Bethel’s first triathlon on July 12, centered around the community pool. But while athletes say it was Bethel’s first traditional triathlon, the three-sport race has a history in the community.

Members of Bethel's LGBTQ+ community and their allies gathered at the Cultural Center on Saturday, July 12 for the sixth annual Bethel community Pride celebration.

The Trump administration has pulled more than $2.7 billion in climate grants, hitting vulnerable communities the hardest.

Despite unfinished business in the Alaska Legislature, school districts across the state have reached the deadline to submit the operating budgets that will carry them into 2026. Most of the sprawling districts that serve the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta say they have already planned for the worst.

Naneng’s former boyfriend, 24-year-old Edward Atcherian, has been charged with second-degree murder for Naneng’s death and is currently being held at the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center in Bethel.

Troopers said the man has been identified as 37-year-old Benjamin Edmund, and that they were notified on the evening of July 9 that the body had been discovered floating in a slough near the community at the mouth of the Yukon River.

Earlier this month, Unalaska City Manager Bil Homka presented the island’s ports director with a notice of termination, which was the topic of a special City Council meeting Friday afternoon.

Residents say the island’s only store is now stocked with milk, eggs and bread.

Tails on Trails allows volunteers to borrow a dog for 48 hours to hike, run or just sit on the couch and hang out. Only a few months in, the program is already having big impacts on the dogs, the shelter and the volunteers.

Nathan Keays argues the undisclosed relationship — involving a prosecutor linked to the scandal that ousted U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred — denied him a fair trial.