Anna Rose MacArthur
Anna Rose MacArthur is KYUK’s English Language News Reporter. She got her start reporting in Alaska at KNOM in Nome and then traveled South to report with KRTS in Marfa, Texas. Anna Rose soon missed rural Alaska and returned to the bush to join KYUK in September 2015. Anna Rose is a Transom Story Workshop graduate.
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If subsistence salmon fishing opens on the Yukon River, new rules will limit who can fish for salmon“From the fisherman’s standpoint, this summer is going to be horrible. It’s the second year in a row where there could potentially be no salmon fishing,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Yukon River Fishery Manager Holly Carroll. -
The state has reissued the certificate once, in 2019, and reaffirmed it twice, in 2020 and 2022, following challenges from ONC. -
Bethel Winter House nears fundraising goal to build housing for people experiencing chronic homelessData from April 2021 showed 34 people experiencing chronic homelessness in Bethel, but the report notes that the actual number could be higher. -
The federal government will manage the Yukon River salmon fishery where the river passes through fedOnly federal subsistence users who live along the river will be allowed to fish for salmon in the federal waters of the Yukon River. -
The convicted man faces up to 99 years in prison. -
The Tribal fishery executive and Bethel resident is one of 51 candidates whose names will appear on the June 11 primary ballot for a special election to fill the state’s sole U.S. House seat. -
The plaintiffs want the districts redrawn to include Scammon Bay and Hooper Bay in District 38. -
Local health officials are encouraging everyone to wear masks, and to get vaccinated and boosted against the virus. -
Rescue workers have abandoned their search for the source of an aircraft distress signal along the lower Yukon River. -
"We're way behind on winter," one resident says. Higher than average temperatures in rural Alaska are being blamed for two deaths and are preventing people from hunting for food.
