In 2019 the first residents from the town of Newtok, which is eroding, began to arrive.
In 2020, the State of Alaska had not sent voting primary forms to the village because of how new it was.
[3] As of 2020, it uses temporary facilities in the Mertarvik Education Center (MEC) before a permanent school is to be constructed.
[4] The Mertarvik school's initial enrollment was 10 and it began operations on October 14, 2019.
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