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  Bethel, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bethel is a city located in Bethel Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, 340 miles (540 km) west of Anchorage.
Bethel is the largest community in western Alaska and the 9th largest municipality in the state.
Bethel is also the site of a proposed major, relative to Alaska, coal powered generating station, and a unique 8.5 mile prototype single wire ground return electrical intertie to Napakiak, Alaska, constructed in 1981.
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 City of Bethel --
With a population of almost 6,000 people, the City of Bethel is the main port of the Kuskokwim River in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta.
Bethel serves as the regional hub for 56 surrounding Native villages.
Before long, Bethel was serving as a trading, transportation and distribution center for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, which attracted Alaska Natives from surrounding villages.
www.cityofbethel.org   (138 words)

  
 Alaska Scrapbook
Bethel, Alaska is accessible by land and sea; it's located approximately 424 miles by air from Anchorage 1800 miles from Seattle (by comparison, Chicago is closer to Seattle than Bethel).
Bethel is home to the postal service's one and only hovercraft, which is also the only postal service vehicle that carries paying customers.
I had a cab--ubiquitious in Bethel, since few have cars of their own (there's little reason to, since there's nowhere to drive to)--take me out to the edge of town.
www.liamcallanan.com /aboutauthor/alaska_scrapbook_Bethel.htm   (607 words)

  
 The History of Bethel, Alaska - ExploreNorth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Bethel is located at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, 40 miles inland from the Bering Sea.
Bethel was first established by Yup'ik Eskimos who called the village "Mumtrekhlogamute," meaning "Smokehouse People," named for the nearby fish smokehouse.
Before long, Bethel was serving as a trading, transportation and distribution center for the region, which attracted Natives from surrounding villages.
www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/alaska/bl-Bethel.htm   (184 words)

  
 Bethel Alaska
Bethel is classified as a large town/Regional Center, it is found in EMS Region 7A in the Yukon/Kuskokwim Region.
The State-owned Bethel Airport is the regional transportation center, and is served by a number of passenger airlines, cargo carriers, and numerous air taxi services.
Bethel is the third busiest airport in Alaska.
www.alaskatravel.com /alaska/bethel.html   (856 words)

  
 Alaska's World - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Bethel is the largest community in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of western Alaska, with a population of about 7,000, largely made up of native Yup’ik Eskimos.
For instance, she points out that Alaska is a long-time sponsor of the Kuskokwim 300, the premier "sprint" sled dog race in the world.
Alaska supports the race by providing transportation for the team of trail veterinarians and presents the Eddie Hoffman Humanitarian Award at race’s end to the musher deemed to have provided the best care for his or her team.
www.alaskasworld.com /news/2001/02/27_bethel.asp   (454 words)

  
 Bethel Composite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Bethel Alaska is a city of about 6100 some 90 miles from the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, and 399 air miles west of Anchorage.
Bethel is the hub for 56 villages, providing the a base for YKHC (Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp.) who operates the regional hospital and the clinics in the villages.
Bethel is also fast becoming a jumping off place for summer sport fishing, camping, bird watching, and floating down one of the many wild rivers that drain into the Kuskokwim.
www.unicom-alaska.com /~adesousa/betcap.htm   (410 words)

  
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Bethel is a Yup'ik village in western Alaska.
The YK delta is home to a million geese and two million ducks, as well as a myriad of other birds, fl and brown bear, fox, wolves, moose, caribou, beaver and, during their annual runs, countless salmon.
Bethel, the largest of the villages, also has the third busiest airport in the state.
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 Bethel by the numbers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
By the close of 2005, daily passenger numbers at Bethel Airport, one of Alaska’s busiest aviation hubs, were expected to fly beyond the 2004 pace.
Long the commercial off-road hub of western Alaska, Bethel growth puts airport improvements high on the priority list for this off-road community.That’s because, without a road system beyond the city, timely passenger travel and freight delivery here — and to many of the rural villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta — is aircraft-dependent.
Bethel Airport has a shorter crosswind runway, he said, but it doesn’t provide the window of safety needed to clear snow.
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 Bethel Florist $34.95 | Flower Delivery Bethel (AK) | Florists in Bethel, Alaska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The population of Bethel is approximately 4,674 (1990).
Bethel is positioned 60.76 degrees north of the equator and 161.77 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Our Bethel, Alaska florist directory is provided through a strategic partnership with Regional Direct.com, which has established partnerships with the most reliable, customer service-driven area Bethel florist and florists in Alaska, including Bethel, Alaska.
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 BethelAK.Com - Information about Bethel Alaska including travel, forums, hotels, hunting (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Bethel Alaska was first established by Yupik Eskimos who called the village "MAMTERILLERMIUT," meaning "Smokehouse People," named for the nearby fish smokehouse.
Bethel, one of the largest communities in western Alaska, lies within the 20 million-acre Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, the largest wildlife refuge in the nation.
Bethel serves as an administrative and transportation hub for 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
www.bethelak.com.cob-web.org:8888   (652 words)

  
 Bethel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bethel (Israel) is a city in ancient Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
Bethel was also a town in southern Judah (Joshua.
A Bethel is the name given to the meeting place as well as the local group that meets in each city.
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 Bethel Surface Areas
The Bethel VOR RWY 36 instrument approach, with a procedure turn at 1,600 feet, allows aircraft to descend to 700 feet after the procedure turn is completed.
With the adoption of this proposal, the FAA intends to simultaneously cancel the VOR RWY 36 instrument approach and shorten the Class E airspace to the southwest of Bethel.
The intended effects of this rule are: (1) To reduce the controlled airspace for IFR operations at Bethel, AK, thus allowing for VFR operations at Napakiak Airport during Special VFR operations at Bethel Airport and (2) fix an administrative oversight by adding the Hanger Lake exclusion area to the Class E airspace description.
www.alaska.faa.gov /at/nprm/Bethel.htm   (954 words)

  
 Bethel Native Corporation
Bethel Native Corporation is Alaska's Sixth Largest Village Corporation located in Bethel, Alaska.
Bethel is located in Southwestern Alaska, approximately 400 miles west of Anchorage.
Bethel Native Corporation through it's investments and subsidiaries engages in many diverse business interests to maintain and improve profitability.
www.bnc-alaska.com   (63 words)

  
 Bethel, AK News
As head nurse at the state's public health center in the village of Bethel, Tim Struna is at the forefront of one of the most pressing health issues in Alaska.
A grand jury in Bethel this week charged a Newtok man with first-degree murder in the death of a village elder.
Published: August 22, 2006 Last Modified: August 22, 2006 at 02:36 AM The Alaska Judicial Council is inviting applications for two Superior Court judgeships, one in Bethel and one on the Kenai Peninsula.
www.topix.net /city/bethel-ak   (750 words)

  
 Bethel, Alaska Drug Rehab Alcohol Treatment Addiction Rehab Information Narconon Arrowhead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
When choosing a drug rehab center for yourself or a loved one from Bethel, Alaska, it is important to become educated on the different types of drug rehab and what the end results are.
Alaska is one of the top five purchasing states for five of the top twelve diverted drugs, to include Fentanyl, D-Amphetamine, Oxycodone, Methadone and Meperidine.
Alaska's need for drug rehab: The drug abuse threat and subsequent need for drug rehab programs in Alaska is the widespread availability and abuse of...
www.stopaddiction.com /states/alaska_drug_rehab_info~Bethel.html   (1529 words)

  
 Fly Alaska to Bethel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Bethel is a city of 5,000 people located 300 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska in an area of Western Alaska known as the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta.
The only means of reaching Bethel is by airplane because there are no roads that link Bethel to any other village or city in the state of Alaska.
Bethel is served by two major airlines, Alaska Airlines and Reeve Aleutian Airways.
www.infowest.com /personal/g/gbdahl/bethel.htm   (180 words)

  
 Bethel Alaska - Alaska travel and tours with Homer Travel & Tours
Traditional Yupik Eskimo practices and language remain predominant in the area and subsistence activities and commercial fishing are integral to their lifestyle, with salmon, freshwater fish, game birds and berries, being the staples of the diet.
Bethel serves as the regional center for 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
Food, fuel, transportation, medical care and other services for these villages are provided by businesses in Bethel.
www.alaskahomertravel.com /Southwest/Bethel.htm   (185 words)

  
 Inside Bethel News
At approximately 0331 hours, the Bethel Police Department received another call reporting Arnold Buster (age 33 of Bethel) had a shotgun and was outside in the area of 3rd road Housing/ Ptarmigan Rd. The complainant stated Buster was wearing a fl jacket and baseball cap.
Bethel is a place where parents can let their children run around outside for hours and let them go to a park or to their friends on their own without fear, something that's becoming a rarity in most of the U.S. now.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game operates weirs on many of the state's streams, but one of the unique twists to the Kuskokwim Area weirs is that all these projects are operated cooperatively between state, federal, and tribal groups.
www.deltadiscovery.com /insidebethelnews/insidebethelnews.html   (19512 words)

  
 Bethel Alaska-Ed's Kasilof Seafoods
Bethel's History: Bethel was first established as a village by Yupik Eskimos.
In 1905 the first post office was built in Bethel starting this small village on its way to flourishing into a central hub for the 56 surrounding villages of the Y-K Delta (Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta).
Bethel provided the ideal place for the trading of local arts, furs and fish.
www.kasilofseafoods.com /City/bethel.htm   (139 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Last year, Bethel Regional High's Junior ROTC drill team gave audiences in Florida a taste of their home's traditional dance, and took first place in the nation doing so.
This affinity for their own unique heritage - a majority of the cadets involved in the program are Native - has caught the attention of audiences across Alaska and the country.
The Bethel Regional High School JROTC drill team leader is Cadet Captain Wallen Olrun Jr.
www.bethelarts.com /2003/groups/jrotc.html   (386 words)

  
 Bethel Alaska - Information about Bethel Alaska
Specialized Care: YKHC Phillips Alcohol Program (City-operated health care, lodging, rehabilitation); YKHC Outpatient Services (Calista-operated health care, information); Bethel Community Services' Malon Auxiliary health care is provided by Bethel Fire Dept. and Ambulance Service (543-2131); Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. Ambulance and Aeromed Int'l.
The State-owned Bethel Airport is the regional transportation center, and is served by two major passenger airlines, two cargo carriers, and numerous air taxi services.
The Port of Bethel is the northern-most medium-draft port in the U.S. River travel is the primary means of local transportation in the summer, and it becomes a 150-mile ice road to surrounding villages in the winter.
www.bethelak.com /history.html   (658 words)

  
 Welcome to YKHC!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
YKHC nurses Dave Evans and Ann Glasheen were awarded Alaska’s Emergency Nurse of the Year and Women’s Health Nurse of the Year at the Alaska March of Dimes 2006 Nurse of the Year Awards banquet on November 17.
Thanks to large participation from YKHC employees and the Bethel community, last monthís Mass Dispensing Exercise at the Bethel Armory was a great success.
Alaska air ambulances contend with distance and bad weather in getting to patients quickly.
www.ykhc.org   (311 words)

  
 Cancellation of VOR RWY 36 at Bethel notice
Comments during several meetings over the last year with airspace users in the Bethel area indicate that they would like to have Napakiak Airport (WNA) (198°, 7.1 NM from Bethel BET VORTAC) excluded from the surface area at Bethel, AK.
The surface area extension to the southwest of Bethel could be shortened enough to allow VFR operations to continue at Napakiak Airport provided this IFR approach procedure was removed.
This would allow aircraft going to Bethel a place to land and wait for weather to improve or wait for aircraft operating in the Bethel surface area to exit or land.
www.alaska.faa.gov /at/notices/bet-rwy36.htm   (397 words)

  
 BethelAK.Com - Information about Bethel Alaska including travel, forums, hotels, hunting
Six teenagers were arrested on robbery and assault charges Thursday night stemming from a brawl 11 months ago in a South Anchorage apartment.
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 Hageland Aviation Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
5,528) is one of the largest communities in western Alaska.
Bethel serves as a trading, transportation, and distribution center for the region.
Hageland Aviation provides daily scheduled and charter air service from Bethel to more than 50 communities in the region.
www.hageland.com /bethel.html   (65 words)

  
 Bethel, Alaska AK, city profile (Bethel census area) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Bethel is at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
Bethel received national attention for 1997 school shootings in which the principal and one student are killed, and two others injured
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Bethel was $20,267, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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