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This week we hear about municipal issues at the Alaska Municipal League's Summer Legislative Session, a UAA Chancellor's Award of Excellence going to Nancy Castro, pink salmon issues across the Gulf of Alaska, and an update on the Bering Sea snow crab crash.
"Almost every school system in nearly every community is at the point where everybody has some basic needs that are being challenged," said Association of Alaska School Boards Executive Director Lon Garrison on education funding in the state.
A lack of housing, childcare shortages, and a sharp decline in workforce retention were some of the top issues highlighted at the Alaska Municipal League’s summer legislative conference in Kodiak.
The award recognizes Castro's efforts to help students pay for tuition, connect with the community. A Kodiak College press release called Castro "a champion for educational access."
Scientists had previously linked the crash of the Bering Sea snow crab population to warming ocean waters. But a new study deepens the connection between human-caused climate change and the die off.