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It takes an immense amount of work and stamina for a dog team and musher to make it to the finish line of a 300-mile race. That’s especially true for the last team to finish.
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Not all mushers are quiet, but Raymond Alexie is, and seems to find solace in the near-silent hours with his dogs. He is an observer. Learning how his dogs behave, knowing when to push them and when to take it slow is what has made him so successful.
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On Dec. 7, Bethelites came together outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10041 to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Bethel Police Chief Leonard “Pete” Hicks will be leaving his position at the end of the year.
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There are shipping containers stacked all over Bethel, but the three stacked containers on a lot next to Bethel’s dog pound and the city's sewage lagoon aren’t like any others.They’re meant to be set on fire.
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Around the same time every year, Gladys Jung Elementary hosts the last wrestling tournament of the season. It’s for elementary and middle school-aged kids across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The top wrestling team results this year were unexpected.
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Bethel Regional High School wrestlers traveled to Anchorage to compete in the Grace Grizzly Shakedown tournament at the Grace Christian School on Dec. 1 and 2.
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The SouthWest Alaska Arts Group has enough money to hold the full 2024 Cama-i Dance Festival after the Bethel City Council approved funding to fill a hole in its community grant program.
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The measure would have allocated funding to those who applied for a local Community Action Grant but were unable to receive any money because there is no money. In fact there’s almost a $98,000 deficit.
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According to a press release, residents affected by the flooding between May 12 and June 3 have until Dec. 22 to apply for individual federal assistance. The deadline applies to survivors living in the Copper River, Kuspuk, Lower Kuskokwim, Lower Yukon, and Yukon Flats Regional Educational Attendance Areas.
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Bank workers at two branches of the multinational bank Wells Fargo, one in the lower 48’s southwest and one in Southwest Alaska, filed a petition to hold the bank’s first-ever union elections on Monday, Nov. 20.
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The tournament is named after Lancer Smith, who coached at Palmer and Colony high schools from 1973 to 2000 and promoted the sport throughout Alaska before his death in 2002.