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There are a lot of new faces in Dillingham's schools this year: 22 teachers and staff are new. The school is facing challenges like restructured schedules and a lack of housing for that new staff. But the second year of the school’s literacy grant program also starts this week, aimed at improving reading in the district. KDLG’s Izzy Ross spoke with Dillingham’s new superintendent, Amy Brower, about what students, parents and other community members can expect this year.

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HCHS cross country teams competed in the Kentucky/Indiana Border Clash at Owensboro’s Yellow Creek Park on August 16. The Hancock Clarion -

In the summer, hordes of salmon travel thousands of miles from the ocean to fill the streams and creeks around Lake Aleknagik. These waterways are an important part of the salmon life cycle, where adult fish come to spawn and then die. Each year, researchers from the University of Washington’s Alaska Salmon Program follow them upstream to survey the number of salmon that reach these spawning grounds.

Monday was the first day of school for the Bristol Bay Borough. The school welcomed 110 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. KDLG’s Izzy Ross spoke to Shannon Harvilla, the district’s principal and assistant superintendent, about what the district has planned for this year.