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The Dillingham City Council met for nearly three hours on June 5 to discuss a range of topics — from the budget to harbor repairs to the city manager position. KDLG's Christina McDermott attended the meeting and has the updates.
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The program is called Meals-to-You. It’s a collaboration between Baylor University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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The items would have amounted to around $300,300 in spending. The next city council meeting is set for June 1.
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Generations of students filled the Dillingham Elementary School gym on Friday to celebrate longtime teacher Amy Ruby. After 35 years in the classroom, Ruby retires this week.
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Extra length can often come from equipment meant to help with safety or increase the quality of the fish. But troopers won’t be targeting boats for those transgressions.
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After years of saving and planning, the Curyung Tribal Council and its partners will finally see three Nerka subdivision roads paved, starting this summer. Those involved have high hopes for improvement in the neighborhood.
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Wanda Wahl, who grew up in Dillingham and is a member of the Curyung Tribe, worked as the interim director of the Bristol Bay Campus for the past two years. Now, as permanent head, she wants to work with the region’s rural communities to make the university more accessible.
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Troopers say the Alaska National Guard responded, but the 53-year-old man was hypothermic and went unconscious while rescue teams were on their way.
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This month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to a purchase that includes $67.5 million of canned and fileted Alaska sockeye.
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President Joe Biden celebrated his conservation achievements Thursday with a Rose Garden address. The No. 1 item on his list? Blocking the Pebble Mine.
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A total of $50 million is now available to tribes across the country to support harvesting, processing and packaging Indigenous meats, like salmon, moose and caribou in Alaska. Applications are open until July 19.
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