“We are signaling to our future employees and our current employees that we do not discriminate on that basis, and what we care about is results and hard work, and being a competent and caring employee,” a councilman said.
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Akiak man loses 50 feet of land to erosion in just a few hours
Dog musher Mike Williams Sr. stepped outside his home Saturday evening to see his kennel falling into the Kuskokwim River and seven of his 60 sled dogs being pulled along with it.
With a new tribal council, Newtok re-establishes efforts for relocation
The new site already has six houses. Plans include two intersecting airport runways, plots for houses, a wind farm, a water plant, a small boat harbor and a community garden; facilities that Newtok residents do not currently have.
Bethel lawyers file class action lawsuit against GCI
The plaintiffs are seeking to get their money back on grounds of fraud and misrepresentation and breach of contract.
Update: Troopers release names of the 3 killed in Iliamna plane crash
The surviving passengers are reported to be injured, but details on their conditions has not been released.
Over $18,000 raised for daughters of pilot who died in Knik Arm crash
More than $18,000 has been raised for the daughters of Seth Fairbanks, the pilot from Bethel who died after a plane crash in early August.