The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation is urging the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services to change how hospitals connect patients to intensive care beds across Alaska.
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In Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, rapid testing helped slow fall COVID surge
Widespread use of serial rapid testing changed the course of the pandemic in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
Subsistence users, scientists seek answers for chum salmon declines
For Yukon River families, chum is particularly important. Chinook salmon have been low for decades, but chum were the fish they could depend on.
How low chum runs changed the lives of these Western Alaska fisheries workers
With salmon runs low and commercial fishing closed, the Yukon River’s only fish processor is offering few jobs this summer.
Yukon subsistence users go to new lengths for food after massive salmon decline
Subsistence fishing on the lower Yukon River is closed for both king and chum salmon. Residents who usually depend heavily on the fish are pivoting toward other ways to get meat.
When Yukon River chum stocks collapsed, donated fish came in from Bristol Bay
The Yukon River has seen its worst summer chum salmon run on record, and its third-worst chinook run.