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Lorraina Prince of Kotlik said that her community is suffering. “A lot of people here don't have any salmon to eat. And that's really sad because it's not fair to our people, to the whole people of the Yukon River. And you know, Area M [is] doing really good. I never thought it would come to this point,” Prince said.

In the wake of chum salmon crashes in Western Alaska, subsistence fishermen have been pleading with the state to restrict commercial salmon fishing near the Alaska Peninsula. Commercial and subsistence fishermen have been using fish genetics to bolster their claims to the fish.

In the wake of chum salmon crashes in Western Alaska, subsistence fishermen have been pleading with the state to restrict salmon fishing near the Aleutian Islands. Subsistence users say that commercial vessels are taking fish bound for their rivers.

Climate disasters across the West wreak havoc on economies and livelihoods.

“It's a risk to try to go back to because the winds can change, but we really miss home,” St. Mary's resident Maureen Andrews said.

Many people have evacuated. But one family has chosen to stay and support the efforts to keep their community from burning.

The literacy program is exactly what the name implies: Drag Queens reading stories to young children — mostly on themes of diversity, acceptance, tolerance and self-esteem. Drag Queen Story Hour executive director and drag queen Jonathan Hamilt joins us. And, the East Fork fire is threatening four villages in the Yukon River region. One family has chosen to stay and support efforts to keep their community from burning. Olivia Ebertz of KYUK reports.

Regional airline Yute Commuter Service canceled most of its flights on June 9, and instead sent its fleet to St. Mary’s to shuttle 80 evacuees to Bethel.

Joaqlin EstusICT Last year Alaskans voted to have open primaries and ranked choice voting. The first run through of the new process is underway in a special

"Stranger Things" season 4 debuts Friday — and each episode is over an hour. Its the latest example of TV shows getting longer and longer. BoxOffice Pros Daniel Loría joins us. And, only 6% of professional American pilots are women. Dolena Fox recently became one of them. Olivia Ebertz of KYUK has this profile.