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Higher taxes on tobacco and other nicotine products are linked to lower consumption among young people. But Bethel’s city council doesn’t agree on whether to widen the scope of the city’s tax on tobacco to include non-tobacco nicotine products like vapes or nicotine pouches.
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Experts say to be cautious when handling small mammals in the state, but infection is rare and death unlikely.
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President Biden has approved a disaster declaration for the spring flooding in parts of Alaska. According to a FEMA press release, federal disaster assistance is available now to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding from May 12 to June 3.
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A team of researchers are surveying both piped and hauled water in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta this summer. The team is testing water quality by asking residents to invite them into their homes.
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It started in early February 2023, when a line leading from the Tuluksak water plant broke, leaving the school and all of the village’s teacher housing without running water. Five months later, the line was repaired and running water was restored.
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The number of Kuskokwim River Tribes challenging the federal permits for the Donlin Gold project in court has doubled from three to six. They say the process was flawed and that Tribal consultation was inadequate. They want the court to order the feds to take a closer look.
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) used a letter to inform current and former patients about a data security breach.
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A 30-day emergency closure has been established for the 2023 Alaska subsistence spring migratory bird harvest in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.
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The region has some of nation’s lowest levels of water and sewer service and highest rates of overcrowding, putting residents at higher risk of infection spread.
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Last spring, some cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza were detected in migratory birds coming to Alaska. This spring, it is back again.
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Ice jams on the Kuskokwim River flooded Red Devil and Crooked Creek over the weekend. By Monday morning, the jams may be backing high water up into Napaimute as the ice front reaches Aniak.
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The rate of hospitalization for RSV is five times greater among Alaska Native children than for the U.S. as a whole. That could change with the introduction of the Arexvy vaccine.