According to the state, John Japhet entered the home of an ex-girlfriend in Bethel and stabbed 32-year-old Paul John in the chest. Court documents say John was sleeping in a bed with the former girlfriend when he was stabbed.

Kirkham joined the city in March as deputy director of public safety. He'll now oversee both the police and fire departments. The move comes a little more than two months after the former director left the position under circumstances that remain unclear.

KYUK traveled with a delegation of federal, state and tribal officials to Kipnuk and Kwigillingok. Here’s what we heard from officials and people in those communities.

From volunteer-powered efforts to provide essential items, to the massive, multi-agency push to shore up village infrastructure, Bethel shows what a regional hub can do in crisis.

In the days after ex-Typhoon Halong hit Y-K Delta communities, World Central Kitchen worked to get food that felt like home to storm-impacted villages.

A minor has been charged as an adult for allegedly shooting their family member, 57-year old Gene Chaney Jr., who was pronounced dead in the early morning hours of Nov. 1.

Twice each year, Bethel’s Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center connects unhoused people in the community with resources from local organizations. This fall, it expanded to include Bethel’s newest community members.

Hundreds of the people displaced by ex-typhoon Halong were children in the middle of their school year. More than 100 of the evacuated students are now taking classes in Bethel.

As the outage nears the six-week mark and power infrastructure across the region undergoes repairs in the wake of ex-typhoon Halong, the lower Kuskokwim River community hopes a solution is around the corner.

Storm-impacted communities on the Kuskokwim Delta coast and upriver will have additional opportunity to harvest moose, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.