Evan Erickson

In 2025, Williams Jr. won the race for the first time in two decades. This year, the Akiak musher and his team have hit their stride, coming off a third-place finish in the Kuskokwim 300 and multiple sprint race victories.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has added dozens of communities to the list of those eligible for both individual and public federal disaster assistance following the October 2025 storm that caused widespread damage across Western Alaska.

The hometown hero has become the winningest musher in the history of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race, pulling through the finish line in Bethel at 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25.

The St. Sophia Russian Orthodox Church choir kicked off Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Bethel by honoring Elders first. The spinning star at the center of Slaviq will be working its way through a dozen homes in the community through Sunday, Jan. 11, accompanied by hours of feasting and singing.

This Thanksgiving season there are dozens of new families in Bethel who've been displaced by ex-typhoon Halong. For evacuees, host families, and non-profit organizers, community gatherings are about the sense of togetherness that's served up alongside a plate of food.

The idea of building a road to connect the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers has been studied for decades, but a new program spearheaded by the state transportation department could finally make the link between Alaska's two longest waterways a reality.

The storm destroyed or severely damaged nearly 700 homes, killed one person and left two more missing. Here's where things stand in some communities hit by the mid-October storm.

Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations.