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Mark Leary/“Holy cow. You should see the amount of traffic. Sometimes in the day in the Bethel area it's comparable to the Glenn Highway around Anchorage,” Leary said. “People loading up with groceries, I see people with new appliances, new furniture, cases of tissue. The stores in Bethel been feeling it. The shelves are pretty empty. The ice road is open.” -
Gabby Hiestand Salgado/KYUK“That project can be completed in time to move the kids into that new school before the other school is unoccupiable,” said Tim Mearig, facilities manager for the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.
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“I'm very excited and very, very proud of what we've been able to do as a tribal government,” said Akiak Chief Mike Williams Sr. -
The application deadline has been extended to Nov. 30. It was originally set for Nov. 15.
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“It got very cold the day we got there, it got down to like single digits and ice came out of the mountains and rivers and sloughs everywhere,” said Allyn Long, general manager of Alaska Logistics.
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“The kids have lost between year and year-and-a-half of their education because of no technology, no internet at the home, and no remote learning,” said Mike Williams Sr., Chief of Akiak Native Community. “We may be forced to do a lockdown again, but we're going to be prepared this time.”
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“Things that we normally see fail, we went ahead and ordered additional parts. Like the igniters, and the joint gas compounds, and the gaskets,” said George Smith, CVRF regional mechanic manager.
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“We’re getting everything ready for the next generation,” said George Guy, general manager of Kwethluk Inc., which manages the community’s electrical utility. “And by the time we're gone, they'll have a well established infrastructure to keep the lights on in the 21st century.”
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“It's an emergency need. I can only put it that way,” said Toksook Bay Tribal Administrator Robert Pitka. “Sooner or later, someone's going to break down a Toyostove. We can’t just leave out a family in the cold.”
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Calista Corporation shareholders who have experienced economic harm during the pandemic can apply for financial relief.
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This year’s permanent fund dividend will be $1,114, the Alaska Department of Revenue announced on Sept. 30. Alaskans who filed electronically and chose…
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Two Bethel residents are winners in the Alaska COVID-19 vaccination sweepstakes. Bethel high schooler…
