Bethel Native Corporation is working on an alternative location for its liquor license.
The corporation received the license from the Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in November for its Kipusvik building. Last week, BNC leased the same building to the Lower Kuskokwim School District to house the Ayaprun Yup’ik immersion program for three to five years until a new school is constructed.
Ana Hoffman, BNC president and CEO, says the corporation is working with the ABC Board to transfer the liquor license to another building and hopes to complete the process within 30 days.
Hoffman also says the Kipusvik Suurvik Cinema will continue its usual operations throughout the LKSD lease.
Anna Rose MacArthur is a reporter at KYUK in Bethel.
