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Last month, Akiachak Native Community cut the ribbon on a brand new health clinic. Village health aides say the new, larger space will help them to better serve the community.
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Bethel’s regional hospital and other Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation facilities were under lockdown for around an hour on June 24 after an unidentified man showed what appeared to be a firearm and made a verbal threat at a hospital facility.
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Vapes and nicotine pouches are now officially taxed like other tobacco products in Bethel, after the City Council approved a change to local code at the end of February, responding to strong public testimony from residents in support of the tax.
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Bristol Bay communities are struggling with numerous overdoses as tens of thousands of lethal doses of opioids flow into the region. A group of community members in Dillingham are advocating for a united effort within the entire community to protect people and help them recover.
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Earlier this March, Bethel nonprofits publicly unveiled a groundbreaking project – a “permanent supportive housing” building meant to help stabilize the lives of chronically homeless individuals in the community.
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Higher taxes on tobacco and other nicotine products are linked to lower consumption among young people. But Bethel’s city council doesn’t agree on whether to widen the scope of the city’s tax on tobacco to include non-tobacco nicotine products like vapes or nicotine pouches.
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Experts say to be cautious when handling small mammals in the state, but infection is rare and death unlikely.
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For years, YKHC officials said that they’ve heard that people didn’t want to come to Bethel for medical appointments because they didn’t have places to stay. The corporation has opened a new lodge to try and fill that gap.
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Veterans, National Guard members, and their families get more access to military commissary supply lines this fall in Bethel and Nome. The ordering window deadline is Oct. 31 for Bethel and Nov. 15 for Nome.
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The Neqkiuryaraq project aims to build a local food system integrating traditional knowledge, promoting healthy and culturally acceptable foods, and employing community members.
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President Biden has approved a disaster declaration for the spring flooding in parts of Alaska. According to a FEMA press release, federal disaster assistance is available now to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding from May 12 to June 3.
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A team of researchers are surveying both piped and hauled water in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta this summer. The team is testing water quality by asking residents to invite them into their homes.