🌱 How a Naknek school librarian once unlocked the internet for students

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• How a Naknek school librarian once unlocked the internet for students

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📰 News we're reading

• Daily Digest 8/5/2026 (Starshield) (benton.org) — An Alaska Public Media segment in this broadband digest highlights how E‑rate subsidies once transformed internet access for students at the Naknek school, where longtime librarian Tiki Levinson worked. With federal officials now reconsidering that program, Alaska educators fear higher connectivity costs, which could again affect how easily Naknek students and residents can get online educational resources.
   

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