5+ hour, 30+ min ago  (692+ words) In archival KYUK video of the 1996 Cama'i Dance Festival, four young and smiley 20-somethings settle on stage. In the pixelated Bethel Regional High School gym, Aassanaaq "Ossie" Kairaiuak, Karina Moeller and brothers Phillip and Qacung Blanchett are clad in qaspeqs....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (210+ words) Veteran musher Mike Williams Jr. of Akiak won the Campout Race to close out the K300-sponsored races of the season. Williams Jr. pulled across the finish line in Bethel on the afternoon of Sunday, March 29 after just under 3 hours on…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (761+ words) The 2026 Cama'i Dance Festival was about preserving traditions and reawakening them, on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and beyond. During this year's festival, recently formed dance groups from the Norton Sound communities of Stebbins and St. Michael performed for the second time…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (173+ words) The 2026 Cama'i Dance Festival came to a close with a final pamyua " an encore song from the Inuit-soul group aptly named for such a moment. Audience members stood and clapped along as Pamyua closed out the three day celebration of…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (397+ words) The second day of the 2026 Cama'i Dance Festival offered up 12 jam-packed hours of performances and events. In the late afternoon of March 28, the Bethel Regional High School hallways filled with the aromas of the ever-popular Native Foods Dinner as Elders…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (215+ words) In a flurry of dance fans, drum beats, and applause, the 2026 Cama'i Dance Festival kicked off Friday, March 27 in the Bethel Regional High School Gym. An audience spanning from Elders to infants filled chairs and bleachers for an evening of…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (788+ words) When Ron Kaiser talks about the year his son won the Iditarod, it's like he's transported back to a particular moment " a place along the finish line chute. "The Happiness was thick in the air. There was 60 or 80 Bethel people…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (534+ words) The 2026 Cama'i Dance Festival kicks off this evening (March 27) at Bethel Regional High School. The three-day celebration of yuraq and Yup'ik culture is coordinated by the SouthWest Alaska Arts Group (SWAAG) and annually backed by the strong support of local…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (517+ words) After the remnants of Typhoon Halong swept through Tuntutuliak in the fall of 2025 " causing widespread damage to homes and infrastructure " fuel consumption in the community spiked. "People were using their dryers trying to dry up their stuff, more heaters, contractors,…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago  (246+ words) In Scarpetta, the new mystery series now streaming on Prime Video, Nicole Kidman plays medical examiner Kay Scarpetta " but she isn't the only one portraying the character. In scenes from the past, Kay is played by a different actress, Rosy…...