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Help on the way for stranded Diomede?

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Posted: October 25, 2009 - 9:58 pm

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We'll have a story in tomorrow's paper updating the travel woes in Diomede, where no one's been able to fly in or out for the past four months.

The problem: The company that delivers mail by helicopter -- and normally offers passenger flights when there's space -- had to switch choppers.

As early as this week, the Norton Sound Health Corp. could strike a deal with the air carrier allowing patients to fly on the replacement helicopter. That way, at least, people can make their doctors' appointments.

Sen. Mark Begich last week wrote a letter to Gov. Sean Parnell calling the flight freeze a transportation crisis. He's suggesting the state look into splitting the cost of subsidized flights to the village with the feds.

Read his letter here.

Meantime, check out this 360-degree look at the village. It's kind of awesome. Click on the image to spin it around.

Finally, here's a local Webcam. The weather was looking pretty grim, last I checked.

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