The subsistence harvest is scheduled to open April 2 and run through August 31. The fall hunt is set to begin in September.
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Organizations race to haul junk from villages before EPA funding cuts
The partnerships are racing to clean up as much of the stuff as possible by 2020 when federal funding for the projects is scheduled to run out.
Skeleton of orca that died in the Nushagak River printed in 3-D
The Dillingham City School District, Bristol Bay Campus and Nunamta Aulukestai have worked in partnership to clean, categorize, scan, and print the fetal skeleton’s hundreds of bones.
Chief justice urges lawmakers to collaborate and compromise
The court has proposed cutting its $105 million budget by $3.6 million dollars.
ACA repeal could complicate Medicaid reforms
More than 27,000 Alaskans receive Medicaid due to an expansion that Gov. Bill Walker supported.
Chukchi Sea polar bears are thriving but only in the short term
The study establishes a relationship between sea ice reduction and polar bear population numbers. The researchers then used that trend to predict how the world’s 26,000 polar bears will fare in the future.