KYUK (Bethel, AK)

Bethel Broadcasting, Incorporated, operating under the names KYUK (AM), KYUK-FM, and KYUK-TV, is a non-profit organization focused on providing local, non-commercial public radio and television services to the Yup'ik Eskimo community and other residents of southwestern Alaska. As an affiliate of National Public Radio and Alaska Public Radio, as well as a member of PBS through the Alaska One Public Television Network, KYUK plays a vital role in the region. The station is based in Bethel, Alaska, a town located along the Kuskokwim River in the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta area of southwestern Alaska.

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The White House is pushing a big budget increase for the Kennedy Center

1 day ago | kyuk.org | Jaclyn Diaz

A House committee has proposed boosting the budget for the Kennedy Center sixfold. It comes after President Trump said the arts center was in "disrepair."
White House welcomes Afrikaners to the U.S., but drops protection for Afghan allies

1 day ago | kyuk.org | Quil Lawrence |Tom Bowman

As many as 9,000 Afghan refugees are at risk of deportation, as the Trump administration has ended the temporary protected status (TPS) that allowed them to stay in the U.S. legally. The White House says their country is no longer dangerous for them, a contention that confounds Afghanistan watchers. "It's a death penalty for them if they return," said Zia Ghafoori, who worked as an interpreter in combat with U.S. Army Special Forces from 2002 to 2014.
How did the Mavericks beat long odds to win top overall pick in the NBA draft?

1 day ago | kyuk.org | Becky Sullivan |Juana Summers |Vincent Acovino |John Ketchum

By Becky Sullivan, Juana Summers, Vincent Acovino, John Ketchum Published May 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM AKDT
Meeting with superintendents, Dunleavy threatens to veto compromise education bill

5 days ago | kyuk.org | Eric Stone

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is once again threatening to veto a compromise bill legislators hammered out to boost funding for the state's public schools and make a variety of policy changes. Dunleavy has yet to make the threat publicly. But Clayton Holland, the superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, said in an interview that the governor made his intentions clear in a teleconference with school district leaders from across the state.
Audio documentary: A woman losing her vision to HIV/AIDS shares memories with her son

5 days ago | kyuk.org | Noah Caldwell |Ashley Brown

Producer Vivien Schütz presents the story of Gina Velasquez, who progressively lost her vision due to an HIV/AIDS diagnosis decades ago.
Trump-proposed cut to federal Essential Air Service would fall on rural Alaska

6 days ago | kyuk.org | Colleen Mondor

A program that has subsidized commercial aviation rural routes and is particularly significant in Alaska is a target for a more than 50% reduction in funding under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal. On May 2, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought released Trump’s recommendations for 2026 federal funding levels. One target for significant reduction was the nearly 50-year-old Essential Air Service (EAS) program.
Kalskag ice jam lingers as thermal breakup plays out on lower Kuskokwim River

1 week ago | kyuk.org | Evan Erickson

As of May 5, the Kuskokwim River ice in front of Bethel has officially broken up. But roughly 90 miles up the Kuskokwim River at Kalskag, a flood warning remains in place until the evening of May 7 due to an ice jam that has sent water over the road connecting the lower and upper sections of the community. On May 5, the flood warning prompted schools in Kalskag to release early, and some children needed to travel by boat over inundated sections of the road.
Bethel ice tripod trips the breakup clock at 4:10 p.m., May 5, 2025

1 week ago | kyuk.org | Sage Smiley

Bethel’s Kuskokwim Ice Classic tripod headed downriver and tripped the clock at 4:10 p.m. on May 5, 2025, marking breakup in Bethel. That’s three days earlier than breakup at Bethel last year. The winner of the full Ice Classic jackpot hasn’t been announced yet. But four people from around the region have been named as winners of the Ice Classic’s “Minute Madness” competition, where individuals pay to purchase a minute and win a prize if the tripod falls in their purchased minute.
Nunam Iqua man receives 10-year sentence for death of woman while snowmachining

1 week ago | kyuk.org | Evan Erickson

A man from the lower Yukon River community of Nunam Iqua has been sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for the death of a woman he told Alaska State Troopers fell from his snowmachine. Twenty-six-year-old Fredrick Abraham was initially arrested in March 2024 and charged with criminally negligent homicide, alongside second-degree murder and multiple counts of felony assault in the death of 30-year-old Joan Camille.
Kuskokwim ice jam brings flood advisory for Kalskag and Aniak

1 week ago | kyuk.org | Evan Erickson

Aniak and Kalskag are under flood advisory through Saturday (May 3) afternoon as the Kuskokwin breakup front moves in the middle river. Just hours after residents reported ice moving out in Aniak on Wednesday (April 30) evening, a large run arrived from upriver and jammed up just below the middle Kuskokwim River community.