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.

Four Dillingham musicians are packing their instruments and heading to the statewide music festival in Anchorage this week.

Bristol Bay is linguistically rich, with Alutiiq, Yup’ik and Dena’ina all traditionally spoken in the region. But as elders pass on, the number of birth speakers grows fewer and the need to teach and preserve these languages, more pressing. Igiugig’s Village Council President AlexAnna Salmon, a language revitalization leader in her community, says an “all hands on deck” approach is needed to continue these efforts.

The Alaska Reads Act rolls out this July. It's a set of programs meant to improve reading in kindergarten through third grade. KDLG’s Christina McDermott and Izzy Ross discuss what the act means.

The Bristol Bay Native Corporation's education foundation has spearheaded higher education scholarships and programs for its shareholders for years. Its leaders now want to bolster the cultural heritage program with a focus on language revitalization.

The city plans to reevaluate the school funding after finalizing its own budget and learning the state's base student income for the upcoming year.

The Dillingham City Council and school district have been in the throes of budgeting for next fiscal year. Over almost hour of public testimony at the last city council meeting, people supported increasing the education budget from $1.4 to $1.7 million, but some city officials are concerned about funding other municipal projects.

As the school year nears its end, Dillingham School District is working to fill 17 jobs for this fall — including seven teaching positions. But as it contends with a national teacher shortage, some community members are worried.

Weather delayed flights to Dillingham for many presenters at the Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference. But that hasn't stopped the action; the conference will start just a few hours later than planned, at 1 p.m. For more, Izzy Ross caught up with Alaska Sea Grant's Tav Ammu.

Without an additional $400,000 from the city, the school says arts, music and sports could face cuts. But city officials say they've deferred paying municipal bills to continue funding the school in recent years.