Dillingham, Alaska

• MAP funding not included in House Finance budget
  

  Monday the House Finance Committee voted down a budget amendment to fund six agents for the Marine Advisory Program's rural offices, including the office in Unalaska.

• Fairbanks officer kills suspect who pointed gun at him
  

  A Fairbanks police officer has shot and killed a man who pointed a handgun at him.

• Troopers investigate Chignik Lake death
  

  Alaska State Troopers say they are investigating the death of a 32-year-old woman in Chignik Lake.

• Police: Fairbanks man fired gun at officer before being fatally shot
  

  Updated 6:29 p.m. 3/9/10 FAIRBANKS - A Fairbanks police officer fatally shot an armed suspect early Tuesday morning on the city's south side.

• Merriner joins State Board of Education
  

  Gov. Sean Parnell reappointed Esther Cox and appointed Jim Merriner to the State Board of Education and Early Development.

• Goosen keeps lead on Day 2 of Western Alaska sled dog race
  

  Shane Goosen, of Knik, is in the lead after the second heat of the Western Alaska Championship Sled Dog race in Dillingham.

• Unalaska to host region wide science conference
  

  Later this month, Unalaska will host the third annual Western Alaskan Interdisciplinary Science Conference.

• Fairbanks groups back social service spending plan
  

  Groups from Fairbanks and around the Interior on Wednesday urged lawmakers to support care for troubled youths and to help prevent sexual assault and domestic violence across the state.

• MAP office in danger of losing funding
  

  The local Marine Advisory Program office is scheduled to run out of funding in August unless the state legislature provides money in the upcoming budget.

• PenAir cancels Sunday village flights in March
  

  PenAir Air Taxi Service between Dillingham and King Salmon to the outlying villages will not operate on Sundays during the month of March.

• Younger generation raises protest voices
  

  Apayo Moore, left, leads chants at the 'Rally for Bristol Bay' in downtown Anchorage on Feb.

• Voting Rights Case Settled in Bethel
  

  The State of Alaska and a handful of plaintiffs in the Bethel area have settled a federal voting rights case that impacts Yupik speakers in the Bethel census area.

• Rural Alaska, are you ready for 4G?
  

  Widespread cell phone service arrived belatedly in Southwest Alaska -- a little more than a year ago -- but the remote region could be living on the edge of the Internet revolution starting next year.

• Younger generation protest Pebble's water-use violations
  

  Verner Wilson and Apayo Moore, with megaphones, organized the "Rally for Bristol Bay" in response water-use violations by the Pebble Partnership.

• Fisherman Invents New Protective Device
  

  A long time Bristol Bay drift fisherman has invented a device intended to help keep salmon from being bruised, cut and stepped on as they are being picked out of nets.

• Pebble Reaches Settlement on Water Violations
  

  The Pebble Partnership has reached a settlement with the State of Alaska for some self-reported water permit violations that happened over the last three years.

• Board of Fisheries Ask Legislature to Review Permitting Process
  

  Environmental threats to the world famous salmon fisheries in Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine have prompted the Alaska Board of Fisheries to ask the Alaska Legislature to review the permitting process.

• Fisheries board asks lawmakers for review of permit system
  

  PEBBLE: Letter was sparked by testimony on proposed refuge. Published: February 6th, 2010 01:26 AM Last Modified: February 6th, 2010 01:27 AM The Alaska Board of Fisheries has sent a letter to state House and Senate leaders asking for a comprehensive legislative review of the state's permitting system in light of the proposed Pebble mine in ...

• Palin e-mails suggest husband's role in governing
  

  Relatively few of the messages obtained as part of a public records request were sent by Todd Palin himself.

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. The Arctic Packing Company erected cannery buildings in 1883 and began operations the following year with a pack of 400 cases. It was not until 1959 that the fisheries were able to forecast the salmon runs in western Alaska, enabling an expansion of fishing and fishery studies in the 1960s. The 1970s brought many technological advancements and record enrollments into the fishery studies

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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