The City of St. Paul has declared an economic, social and cultural emergency after the recent closure of the Bering Sea snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab fisheries; and in Bethel, a remote satellite of the state’s university system is focusing on teaching nurses from the community to stay close to home and work in the local hospital to help ease Alaska’s shortage of healthcare workers.
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