If you walked into the Bethel firehouse around 10:30 a.m. on April 7, you would have seen a group of high schoolers dragging a 180 pound dummy around. Firefighters use this exercise to practice dragging bodies from burning buildings.
Not having the festival the last few years was tough on vendors, especially as the pandemic made it more difficult to get materials. The return feels like a relief.
All seven of the high school students in the Yukon River village of Tanana are on the basketball team, which nearly won the state tournament. When four of them graduate this year, basketball will end.
"A foundation needs to be prepared for the building before it can be moved to that site. We're also looking at the contract to move the building; it requires some specialized equipment. And there's logistics that have to go into getting that specialized equipment to the site. Also connecting to water, power, and sewer,” said state spokesperson Jeremy Zidek.
Tucked in the $1.5 trillion omnibus federal spending bill are special requests to fund projects in Alaska ranging from water and sewer systems to a 15-mile road out of Kotzebue.