A business owned and led by Alaska Native women is working to bring job skill training to rural Alaska, and it's succeeding.

Around 10,000 pounds of Bristol Bay chum and Chinook salmon are scheduled to arrive in a Lower Yukon River hub on July 23. The fish will then be distributed to surrounding villages. The donation is in response to a lack of subsistence salmon fishing on the Yukon River this summer, following record low salmon runs and tight fishing restrictions.

On July 21, a state judge sentenced former Bethel elementary school principal Christopher Carmichael to a 25-year sentence with 10 years suspended. The judge imposed what he called a severe sentence because the former principal had abused the trust he cultivated in his victims and the community.

There has been a lack of subsistence salmon fishing on the Yukon River this summer, so residents are hoping for longer fall hunting seasons. Here’s how you can submit a request to extend the upcoming fall hunts. 

  A new program from UAA is coming to Bethel this fall. Students who participate will earn high school and college credit. The goal would be to graduate with both a high school diploma and an associate’s degree, or even a bachelor’s degree, from the University of Alaska system.