Residents of 194 rural Alaska towns and villages will get more of their monthly power bill subsidized by the state if Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs legislation approved on May 16 by the Alaska House of Representatives.

KYUK received this award competing against news outlets in the Northwest region, which includes the states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

The state has reissued the certificate once, in 2019, and reaffirmed it twice, in 2020 and 2022, following challenges from ONC.

Once this section of the river closes, any Chinook salmon caught in this section with hook and line, fish wheels, dip nets, or beach seines must be immediately returned to the water alive.

The new Board of Adjustment will be one administrative law judge trained in municipal law.

In their testimony they made it clear: money is no replacement for salmon, but it helps.