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The Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica are investigating sexual violence in Alaska, and why the situation isn’t getting better.

Greg Kim is a news reporter for KYUK. In his past life, he worked as a software engineer in Seattle, WA. He visited Bethel in 2019 for the Kuskokwim 300, and decided he wanted to tell the stories of the people in the Yukon-Kuskokiwm Delta.

Greg Kim is a news reporter for KYUK. In his past life, he worked as a software engineer in Seattle, WA. He visited Bethel in 2019 for the Kuskokwim 300, and decided he wanted to tell the stories of the people in the Yukon-Kuskokiwm Delta.

Alaska is reporting the highest COVID-19 case rate per capita of any state, according to the New York Times tracker . The statewide surge in cases is

Leadership at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation is calling on the state to take action to help ease the pandemic’s burden on the health care system.

The commission passed its decision July 15. Bed and breakfasts are not allowed to operate in residential zones under the current code, but eight do. Many owners have city business licenses and pay city taxes. Bethel Planning Commission chair Kathy Hanson said that the situation developed from the city finance department issuing licenses and collecting taxes without consulting zoning codes. Now the city wants to bring those residential bed and breakfasts into compliance and create a consistent s...

In June, Fina Kiefer, who lived most of her life in Bethel, got lost in the mountains above Palmer, prompting a major search. Two days later, after avoiding a couple of bears, the 55-year-old woman walked out onto a road with nothing more than scratches, bruises, and an amazing story to tell. She spoke with KYUK’s Greg Kim on "Coffee at KYUK" to tell the story her way.  Listen

Two cases of the Alpha variant of COVID-19, the strain of the virus first detected in the United Kingdom, have been confirmed in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

Arctic sea ice is melting at accelerating rates, and a new study contributed to by the University of Alaska Fairbanks provides a better understanding as to why. UAF Oceanography professor Harper Simmons joins KYUKs Greg Kim to talk about his research. Listen

Credit KYUK KYUK has received regional and statewide awards for journalism produced in 2020. KYUK won three 2020 Regional Edward R. Murrow awards and six 2020 statewide Alaska Press Club awards. The Murrow Awards are awarded by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), and are considered to be among the most respected journalism awards in the world. The RTDNA describes the awards as "the embodiment of the values, principles and standards set forth by Edward R. Murrow, a journalism ...