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🌱 How a new Emmonak shelter could affect women seeking safety via Bethel
Coffee in hand, Bethel? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a new Emmonak shelter could affect women seeking safety via Bethel
- How a Bethel refuel stop helped save stranded seal hunters
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A little snow, mainly early, with a high of 35 and low of 25 degrees.
- Saturday: Cloudy, snow, mainly later, temps: high: 32, low: 29.
- Sunday: Chilly with a little snow, with a high of 31 and low of 22 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• After four decades of service, Emmonak Women's Shelter to get new building (kyuk.org) — Bethel is highlighted as the regional hub that Lower Yukon villages often reach through Emmonak when seeking shelter services, alongside Bethel’s own 43‑bed Tundra Women’s Coalition facility. Emmonak’s long-running women’s shelter, which also serves Bethel-area residents indirectly, is planning a safer, larger building inland, with construction expected to start in 2027 and opening by 2028 to better protect families from storms and overcrowding. 
• Coast Guard Rescues Four from Ice Floe Near Chefornak After Overnight Ordeal (radiokenai.com) — A Coast Guard helicopter that refueled in Bethel helped rescue three adults and a child stranded on an ice floe during a subsistence seal hunt near Chefornak. After more than 24 hours stuck in shifting sea ice and harsh weather, the group was safely hoisted off the ice and flown back to Chefornak without injuries, thanks in part to their satellite communications.
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Toddler Time at the Cultural Center
Kuskokwim Consortium Library , 420 State Highway , Bethel
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Friends of the Library Trivia at Uncommon Pizza
Kuskokwim Consortium Library , 420 State Highway , Bethel
7:00 pm -
Library Movie Showing "The Pagemaster"
Kuskokwim Consortium Library , 420 State Highway , Bethel
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Recycled Book Craft
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- Association of Village Council Presidents posted a job opening for Tribal Justice Attorney in Bethel. Apply here.
- American Traveler posted a job opening for Travel Physical Therapist - Inpatient in Bethel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bethel here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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