Christina McDermott
Reporter/hostChristina McDermott began reporting for KDLG, Dillingham’s NPR member station, in March 2023. Previously, she worked with KCBX News in San Luis Obispo, California, where she focused on local news and cultural stories. Christina completed bachelors’ degrees in English and linguistics at UC Berkeley, and a masters’ degree in phonetics at the University of York. She’s passionate about producing evocative, sound-rich work that informs and connects the public.
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One of the country’s largest dairy cooperatives is shrinking its half-gallon milk carton size. That’s going to mean one less option for thousands of Alaskans enrolled in the federal nutrition program WIC. -
The Nushagak Cooperative, Choggiung Ltd. and the Curyung Tribe are partnering to develop a fiber-optic broadband network in the region. Under the new timeline, broadband will arrive in the region next fall.
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Three local and three visiting EMTs will serve the region this summer. KDLG's Christina McDermott spoke with Fire Dept. Coordinator Scott Runzo to learn more.
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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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Dillingham's fifth graders spent a recent Thursday outside the classroom, learning from professionals across the community.
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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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Four Dillingham musicians are packing their instruments and heading to the statewide music festival in Anchorage this week.
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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.
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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.
