Nine applications for a position as Bethel’s next city manager have arrived since the job notice went public last month. Bethel City Council members are meeting every Friday at noon until they fill the position. Last Friday marked the first of these meetings. The search that brought us departing city manager Ann Capela took six months.…
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Bethel granted extension of site reviews for wetland building
The City of Bethel has gotten an extension on it’s regional general permit from the Army Corps of Engineers that will allow the city to review permits for citizens building in a wetland, a designation which encompasses much of Bethel.
Search continues for Tuluksak man missing for more than 2 weeks
The search continues for a man who walked away from the village of Tuluksak 15 days ago.
Without quorum, tribal delegates push AVCP demands to October
They want the AVCP administration and executive board to provide answers on financial matters and respond to what some delegates see as a mismanagement of power and lack of transparency.
Broken ice machine stymies commercial fishing in Marshall and Russian Mission
Marshall’s Maserculiq Native Corp. owns the machine but has made no effort to fix it since the compressor quit working.
Akiachak prepares to inventory land for trust status
Trust status would fulfill generations of desire for greater tribal sovereignty, said Akiachak Native Community Council chairman Phillip Peter Sr.
Bethel high school gets $7 million for new cafeteria
BRHS does not have a cafeteria. At lunch, some students sit at tables in the gym while they eat, and others wander the halls.
Bethel nonprofits will no longer get a pass on sales taxes
Starting Aug. 1 the city of Bethel will begin enforcing sales taxes on nonprofits unless the nonprofit gets an exemption. But no one can get an exemption, because one of the legal requirements is impossible to fulfill.
Building in a wetland is never easy. In Bethel, it just got harder.
Getting a construction permit in Bethel used to take about 10 days with the city. It could take years, now, if the building site could significantly affect the aquatic habitat.