The Delta Discovery - The real news for the real people

I remember a favorite quote by my late uncle: “A fool never learns!” It seemed like a rather blunt statement but had some wise sense to it. There was a song titled by this quote and my uncle probably heard it first from the song. Parts of the...

The city council has introduced an ordinance to raise all water and sewer bills by $10. What people need to understand is that this is the first step to comply with the US Dept. of Agriculture grant requirements that could ultimately lead to a $40...

What does the song “I’ll be home for Christmas” mean when you know you may not be home for Christmas anyway? You see, I’m a pastor for the Moravian Church and to travel on any Bethel commercial airline, a roundtrip ticket from my current...

On Saturday, December 3rd around 3pm we noticed a big eruption of the sewer line outside our property by the State Highway. Basically, there was a 10-foot geyser of sewage spewing up into the air and...

Waqaa! Cama-i! Akiak Native Community, who sponsored this resolution that was supported by the Annual Convention of Association of Village Council Presidents would like to thank all of the AVCP Tribal Governments for their support. This resolution al...

Will development turn western Alaska into another avatar? Picture grand mountainous vistas, huge herds of caribou streaming across a river - this monumental setting that environmentalists and...

Waqaa, wiinga Alaqteryaraugua Elena Aluskak, Program manager for Irniamta Ikayurviat (children’s center) in TWC. October is nationallyrecognized as “Domestic Violence Awareness Month”. Our organization is busy with many benefiting activities;...

The holidays are supposed to be a time of togetherness, a time where family and friends get together to celebrate. Drinking and doing drugs is not a way to celebrate at all. How are you supposed to enjoy a holiday when you won’t remember what...

What’s makes you proud to be Alaska Native? I’m sure there are lots of things but how often do you talk about them? It’s important to plant the seed of cultural pride in the minds of our future leaders. Our children and youth are the next...

Mike Williams, Chief of the Yupiit Nation, and spokesman for the Alaska Tribal Leaders Summit, announced last week that Alaska’s federally recognized tribes who have been working together to amend ANCSA so as to regain title to their ancestral...

by Kathy Sweeney CANINE COMFORT, INC. is sending out a plea to all who love dogs and puppies. Our rescue efforts in the cities and villages of bush Alaska are desperately in need of foster homes in the Anchorage and Wasilla area for momma dogs and...

Every day in courtrooms across Alaska, the judges and magistrates of the Alaska Court System make decisions that affect our lives. Whether ruling on serious criminal cases, sensitive family conflicts, complex contract disputes, or a wide range of...

Senator Lisa Murkowski introduced and passed a resolution commemorating September 9, 2011 as International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day. The following is a shortened version of her statement. Mr. President, for the...

Waqaa, wiinga Alaqteryaraugua, Elena Aluskak. I am the Program Manager for Irniamta Ikayurviat (Children’s Center) located at Tundra Women’s Coalition in Bethel. Irniamta Ikayurviat works with investigative agencies; local law enforcement, AST...

I have the pleasure of visiting Bethel, Alaska on a quarterly basis. I travel from Dearborn, Michigan to work at the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation. My first venture began in November 2009 and I returned in February 2010. I could not wait for my...

by Lincoln R. Shavings As most rural communities know, a subsistence lifestyle is a must, and all of you know that there are just a handful of permanent jobs in the bush communities. Should the government approve of drilling up north the chances of a...

by Shelly Andrews I wonder about many things. Why has the Kuskokwim fish industry dried-up? When I moved here in 1980, commercial fishing was the way people could work and have cash to get them through the winter months. Gradually that market dropped...

First of all, I would like to send my utmost thank you to the community of Tuntutuliak for hosting our annual Yupiit Nation meeting. Without the help from Ms. Sabrina Carl and her capable staff and Ms. Sheila Williams and her staff, it would not...

by Leonard Augustine Alcohol has played a great role in my life. I’ve experienced both good and bad moments under the influence. Over-excessive use and the law caught up with me. I’ve once heard a friend say that The Lord works in mysterious...

Electricity is vital to the health, safety, productivity and quality of life of the modern Alaskan family. In this continuing series on controlling home electricity consumption we will be systematically evaluating some of most significant ways to...

Where The Heck Is Donlin? This is a question that many Alaskans cannot answer, and even fewer know the scope and size of this prospect. The proposed gold mine slated to be built in the Kuskokwim...