Four coaches at Bethel Regional High School have taken on new leadership roles. They include Ryan Wheeler, who will become the varsity volleyball coach; Alex Bernard, who becomes the varsity track and field coach; Erick Jung, who will coach varsity boys basketball; and Regina Lieb, who will be head coach of the varsity girls basketball team.

Two cases of the Alpha variant of COVID-19, the strain of the virus first detected in the United Kingdom, have been confirmed in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation Chief of Staff Dr. Ellen Hodges joins KYUK's Greg Kim on the show today to talk about what this means for the region.

Beginning June 12, subsistence fishing will be allowed anytime in the section of the Kuskokwim River north of Aniak. In this section of the river, which is managed by the state, fishermen can obtain a permit to catch up to 10 king salmon for their household this summer. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Biologist Nick Smith and Subsistence Resource Specialist Dave Runfola join KYUK’s Greg Kim to talk about the fishing opportunities north of Aniak.

As permafrost melts many communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta now face the threat of erosion. This morning during “Coffee at KYUK,” Katie Basile has invited guests to talk about a plan Napakiak developed to get funding to deal with erosion that is encroaching on the village. Guests are Max Neale from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Napakiak’s Managed Retreat Coordinator Walter Nelson, Heather Gross, a civil engineer on the project, and David Andrew, tribal administrator for

A well-known Bethel musher and wooden boat builder passed away on May 27. To remember Bill Eisenbart, we are stepping back in time today to listen to him talk about boatbuilding and more. This conversation took place about three years ago when Petra Harpak interviewed him for “Coffee at KYUK”.

Scams and fraud appear to have gotten more common over time. Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor talks with KYUK’s Olivia Ebertz about federal legislation working its way through Congress to help reduce fraud and scams.

Vanessa Verigin, who works with the Maternal Child Death Review Committee (MCDR) for the Alaska Division of Public Health, and Abra Patkotak, who is an Indigenous doula with the Alaska Native Birthworkers Community, talk about having a healthy pregnancy and baby.

Larry Kairaiuak, with the Administration for Native Americans, talks about federal funding for Native language programs.

Cheyenne Murphy graduated from Mt. Edgecumbe this year as a salutatorian, and also won a QuestBridge National Match scholarship, which will send her on a full ride to Stanford for college. Murphy talks with KYUK's Olivia Ebertz about what this all was like, and gives her thoughts on what’s next.

Reyne Athanas talks about art on Bethel's dumpsters, and about other community events scheduled for this summer and the coming year.