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Alaska high school helps disabled students find summer jobs

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — A high school in Alaska is helping students with disabilities find summer jobs. KYUK-AM reports that Bethel Regional High School is participating in a state-funded program that will match students with disabilities with local businesses. The program is designed for students with different types of disabilities, including those with learning disabilities…

Fairbanks to implement harsher air quality regulations

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Fairbanks North Star Borough is preparing to enforce more burn bans as part of stricter rules aimed at cleaning up the city’s heavily polluted air. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the Borough Assembly voted to adopt the new regulations Thursday. The goal is to address problems with fine particulate, which…

Eskimo village aims to serve up reindeer meat far and wide

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Tribal leaders in a tiny Native village in western Alaska are expanding their commercial reindeer subsidiary to soon include sales of the lean meat to larger urban markets. The venture by Mekoryuk’s (ma-KOR’-ee-yuck) tribal government includes plans to build a new slaughterhouse and offer the meat for sale in places like…

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