Until now, high school-age students in Aleknagik, Ekwok, and Twin Hills have had to choose between options of homeschooling, attending Mount Edgecumbe, enrolling in a correspondence school, or boarding with a family in another community.
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Two Bristol Bay principals departing for new jobs at Alaska schools
Two well-respected school principals in the Bristol Bay area are leaving their posts this spring.
Delays hit marine highway website
The Alaska Marine Highway System has been having problems with its new reservations website.
Kuskokwim Ice Classic tripod designed by STEM students lives to see another year
The tripod design came from the Lower Kuskokwim School District’s STEM program. It’s a story knife reaching into the sky with two kayaks streaming out beneath.
Y-K region residents face tough decisions on jobs, environment with Donlin gold mine
The comments at the meeting remained consistent with concerns expressed in other villages throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim region on the project; mainly residents want the economic benefits of jobs without assuming the environmental impacts mining could have on subsistence.
Emmonak fire destroys Kwik’Pak buildings, causes $3 million in damage
A fire in the village of Emmonak destroyed five commercial buildings and caused an estimated $3 million in damages over the weekend.