Under the policy, all employees must be fully vaccinated against the virus by Jan. 4, 2022.
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A freight company is leaving 2 barges to freeze in the Kuskokwim River: ‘We had to get out of there’
The early freeze-up this year caught the company off guard.
Pilot Station hunters are home after their weeklong stranding. Here’s their story
Seven subsistence hunters from Pilot Station in Southwest Alaska spent seven nights stranded at a fish camp after the lower Yukon River unexpectedly froze, blocking their way home.
A Western Alaska village is finally getting high-speed internet, thanks to the pandemic
Many people moved their lives online because of the pandemic, but that wasn’t always possible in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
A shortage of troopers in Western Alaska comes with serious consequences, study says
A study published in 2020 found trooper posts around Kotzebue, Nome, Bethel, Dillingham and Kodiak were, together, understaffed by about 22%.
Bethel will host Alaska’s only licensed practical nursing certificate program
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for health care workers in rural areas. A quick search on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation website shows 25 job openings for LPNs in Bethel alone.