Nunapitchuk uses grant money to help emergency response

Nunapitchuk recently received a grant for $7,390 from the Rasmuson Foundation.

Mayor Noah Wise says the village has spent the money on a brand new 500cc Honda ATV for their police and emergency responders to use.

“We don’t have any roads here in our village, but we have miles and miles of boardwalks here. We need to get around the village, especially the police,” Wise said.

The vehicle will meet a range of needs from transporting intoxicated people to the public safety center to sober up, to medevacing injured people to the airport for transport.

Nunapitchuk has already received the new vehicle and it’s ready to begin work immediately.

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