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Families with at least one student enrolled in the Dillingham school district can get free meals for each of their kids this summer. The program, called Meals-to-You, is a collaboration between Baylor University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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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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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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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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May 5 is the national day of awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons. A virtual talking circle at noon today will center on how Native women have worked to address and end the epidemic.
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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.
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Josh Willaert was severely injured in a snowmachine accident last month about a 40-mile ride from town. He’s now in recovery and a GoFundMe page has raised over $27,000 for his medical costs. His family says quick thinking and preparedness saved his life.