Editing Gakona, Alaska (section)

==Public services==
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Groceries, limited hardware, local clothing, limited sporting goods, and ice are available at the trading post. Salmon fishing and river rafting are popular recreational activities.

All residences have individual wells and septic systems and complete plumbing. The school uses its own well water system. Funds have been requested to construct a new water well and storage tank for a HUD housing complex. Refuse collection services are available from Copper Basin Sanitation, which hauls waste to the Glennallen landfill. Electricity is provided by Copper Valley Electric Assoc. Local hospitals or health clinics include Gakona Health Clinic and the Cross Road Medical Center in Glennallen (about 30 miles away). Gakona is classified as an isolated village; it is found in EMS Region 2E in the Copper River Region. Emergency Services have highway and air access, and are within 30 minutes of a higher-level satellite health care facility. Emergency service is provided by 911 Telephone Service and volunteers, while auxiliary health care is provided by Delta Medical Transport, Gulkana Clinic, and the Cross Road Medical Center in Glennallen.

[[Copper River School District]] previously operated the Gakona Elementary School.<ref name="AKEED035">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030314125836/http://www.eed.state.ak.us/forms/Assessment/05-03-035.pdf AKEED Form # 05-03-035 (Revised 03/15/06)], page 11/23, [[Alaska Department of Education]], retrieved February 13, 2017</ref> Since 2003, it was attended by 15-17 students, until it was closed in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gakona Elementary School (Closed 2015)|url=https://www.publicschoolreview.com/gakona-elementary-school-profile|website=Public School Review|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref>  The school still wasn't open in the 2017/2018 school year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gakona Elementary, Copper River School District|url=https://education.alaska.gov/DOE_Rolodex/SchoolCalendar/Home/SchoolDetails/110040#|publisher=[[Alaska Department of Education & Early Development]]|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref>