Dillingham, Alaska

• U.S. Honor Flag Leaves Vault, Bound for Alaska
  

  For the first time, the U.S. Honor Flag will be sent to Alaska to honor the deaths of two police officers, a former U.S. senator and a federal agent.

• New fishers loan program up and running
  

  Applications are being accepted at the Alaska Division of Investments for an expanded program of low interest loans to help commercial fish harvesters switch out old, inefficient boat engines for new, fuel-saving models.

• Sights Unseen: Fortier's Security Center in Lewiston
  

  Only one of these Swiss movement clocks is needed to unlock a safe using this Yale time lock that was made in the late 1800s.

• Former Sen. Ted Stevens to be buried at Arlington
  

  Former Sen. Ted Stevens will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., in a ceremony with relatives and friends.In a statement Friday, the family said the decorated World War II pilot and president pro tempore of the Senate will be buried Tuesday afternoon with honors.The 86-year-old Stevens was one of five people killed Aug.

• Ex-NASA head O'Keefe back in DC after plane crash
  

  Former NASA head Sean O'Keefe and his son Kevin have returned home to the Washington, D.C., area after surviving the Aug.

• Former Chancellor Sean O'Keefe moved from Alaska to DC hospital
  

  Former LSU Chancellor and NASA chief Sean O'Keefe has been moved from an Alaska hospital to a hospital in Washington, D.C., according to media reports Thursday.

• Hollis French
  

  Hollis French has called Alaska home for more than three decades. At 19 years of age he found adventure working on an oil platform surrounded by the icy waters of Cook Inlet.

• NTSB Report Confirms Poor Weather Near Site of Alaska Plane Crash
  

  Poor weather conditions were reported near the site of the plane crash that killed former Sen.

• Republican Gubernatorial Debate Rescheduled
  

  Commonwealth North has re-scheduled the Republican Gubernatorial Debate for Monday, August 23 from noon to 2:00 pm at the Hotel Captain Cook out of respect to former Sen.

• EADS exec making steady health recovery from crash
  

  Sean O'Keefe, who heads the U.S. unit of Europe's EADS , is recovering steadily after being one of four people to survive a small plane crash in Alaska last week, a family spokesman said.

• Sen. Stevens remembered with 'a lot of respect'
  

  Password: Close Close Close OR Close Sen. Stevens remembered with 'a lot of respect' Published: August 20.

• Timeline Of Dillingham Plane Crash
  

  During a press conference Tuesday afternoon, the National Transportation Safety Board gave a brief outline of the events that led up to the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of five people including former Senator Ted Stevens.

• EPA official meets with Pebble
  

  Representatives of the Pebble Limited Partnership have spent the last several years traveling around Alaska making presentations to communities and chambers of commerce about their proposed mine project near Lake Iliamna.

• Sean O'Keefe's son released from hospital -
  

  One of four people who survived the plane crash in which former Sen. Ted Stevens was killed last week has been released from an Anchorage hospital.

• Stevens was fervent champion of fisheries
  

  "Alaska has lost a family member," Unalaska Mayor Shirley Marquardt said at a city council meeting on Aug.

• 477th Fighter Group takes flight
  

  RICHARDSON, Alaska a ' A person watches as an American bald eagle makes her way back into the wild Aug.

• Teen survivor of fatal Alaska plane crash released
  

  National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Deborah Hersman appears at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Aug.

• Air crashes in Alaska claim 17 people this summer
  

  Updated 3:58 p.m. 8/14/10 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Since June, 17 people have died in airplane accidents in Alaska.

• Investigators Able to Move Most Wreckage from Meklung Hills
  

  The National Transportation Safety Board is continuing its investigation into the crash that killed Senator Stevens and four others last week.

City Description

Dillingham (pronounced /ˈdɪlɪŋhæm/), also known as Curyung and (for the southwestern section) Kanakanak, is a city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States. According to the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, as of 2008 the population of the city is estimated to be 2,347. Dillingham is on Nushagak Bay, an inlet of Bristol Bay, an arm of the Bering Sea, in southwestern Alaska. It is located at (59.046751, -158.508665). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92.6 km²). 33.6 square miles (87.1 km²) of it is land and 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²) of it (5.93%) is water. Dillingham was once known as the Pacific salmon capital of the world and commercial fishing remains an important part of the local economy. Today, Alaska salmon is one of the only certified sustainable wild salmon fisheries left in the world and Dillingham is an important port to the Bristol Bay fishery, which annually provides most of the total Alaska salmon value overall . Dillingham, in terms of population, is the largest community in the Bristol Bay region, renowned for it's world class wild salmon fishing industry. The

City Contained By:

• Alaska
• United States of America
• Dillingham Census Area

City Contains:

• Pilgrim 100B Aircraft

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 92.462575539 km squared

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