Olivia Ebertz
Olivia is a News Reporter for KYUK. She previously worked in the film industry in New York City. Her documentary films have screened at festivals worldwide. In 2020 she was an artist-in-residence in Petrozavodsk, Russia. She speaks English, Norwegian, Italian, Spanish, and Russian with decreasing fluency in that order.
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In the wake of chum salmon crashes in Western Alaska, subsistence fishermen have been pleading with the state to restrict commercial salmon fishing near the Alaska Peninsula. Commercial and subsistence fishermen have been using fish genetics to bolster their claims to the fish. -
In the wake of chum salmon crashes in Western Alaska, subsistence fishermen have been pleading with the state to restrict salmon fishing near the Aleutian Islands. Subsistence users say that commercial vessels are taking fish bound for their rivers. -
Lorraina Prince of Kotlik said that her community is suffering. “A lot of people here don't have any salmon to eat. And that's really sad because it's not fair to our people, to the whole people of the Yukon River. And you know, Area M [is] doing really good. I never thought it would come to this point,” Prince said. -
The lion’s share of the chum, Chinook and sockeye runs are estimated to have passed by Bethel. Chum counts so far are nearly as low as they’ve ever been on the Kuskokwim, while Chinook are looking better than in recent years, but still down overall. Sockeye counts, however, are looking up. -
Residents of St. Mary's in southwestern Alaska are donating food to firefighters and helping clear brush as the region's largest wildfire looms just a few miles from town. -
Emil Notti, Tara Sweeney, Mary Peltola, and Sarah Palin are running for the U.S. House seat in the upcoming special election. They are all Alaska Native, except for Palin. -
The Senate’s bill has been updated to give Tribes more time to plan out pilot projects and will now head to the House. -
A proposed bill seeks to address high school dropout rates by putting the education plans in the hands of Tribes. Supporters say Tribal education compacts could lead to drastic improvement in education for Alaska Native communities. -
During the Jan. 11 Bethel City Council meeting, the council is set to decide whether to vote to accept changes to the city’s personnel policy towards unvaccinated individuals. -
Many travelers who had been stuck in Bethel for weeks over the holidays have made it home to their villages on Grant Aviation flights. Now, a new batch of passengers is stranded. Grant is working to get these passengers home, and the backlog of mail delivered.
