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The amnesty program aims to bring business owners who haven't been paying city sales tax into compliance. The new finance director estimates that the city is only getting sales tax revenue from about a fifth of businesses.

What started as a straightforward city initiative has divided council members, rankled business owners, and tested the resolve of Bethel’s first finance director in years.

‘It gave me indescribable joy’

Peltola is Yup’ik and is the first Alaska Native person in Congress. Peltola is from the Kuskokwim area, and local leaders hope that her election will bring Washington’s resources to rural Alaska.

The hit production returns three years after it first opened

The council also approved a ballot proposition and granted funding to two community projects and firefighters' salaries.

The biggest reason for rejections was a lack of a witness signature, accounting for more than a third of rejected ballots.

Bethel City Manager Pete Williams said that the city’s inability to hire water treatment plant workers has created a public health emergency.

The warm and sunny weather has been amazing! Though Im sure the heat is getting to a lot of us. The June 1 candidate filing deadline has come and gone, meaning the field has been set for all the races.

Conrad “CJ” McCormick is making his first bid for state office to represent House District 38. Incumbent Sen. Lyman Hoffman is running for the Senate District S seat.