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Treasury awards $83M in economic development funds to Alaska Tribes consortium
The U.S. Department of the Treasury approved up to $83 million in State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funds to be awarded to a consortium of 125 Alaska Tribes. © Shutterstock The investment supports the nation’s largest Tribal SSBCI consortium and will help enable small, remote, and capacity-constrained Tribes to access federal funding. Through the […] The post Treasury awards $83M in economic development funds to Alaska Tribes consortium appeared first on Financial Regulation News.
Alaska’s youngest at risk as Whooping Cough cases see spike
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - The Alaska Dept. of Health has put out a public alert notifying residents of an increase of Pertussis cases in the last frontier. Pertussis, commonly called Whooping Cough, is a bacterial infection caused by Bordetella pertussis. The name deriving from the whooping noise often made by patients after they begin having coughing fits.
An industrial Alaska community near the Arctic Ocean hits an unusually hot 89 degrees this week
An industrial community near the Arctic Ocean that supports Alaska’s North Slope oil fields hit a record 89 degrees Fahrenheit (31.6 C) this week, the warmest temperature Deadhorse has seen in more than a half-century of record keeping. The unincorporated community marks the end of the 414-mile (666-kilometer) Dalton Highway, a largely gravel and dirt road used by trucks carrying oil field supplies and equipment that turns to treacherous snow and ice in winter. Public access on the highway, also sometimes called the Haul Road, ends at Deadhorse, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) from the Arctic Ocean. Access beyond...
Ravn Alaska Suspends Aleutian Islands Routes
DALLAS — Ravn Alaska (7H) will suspend scheduled services to Unalaska (DUT), Cold Bay (CDB) and Sand Point (SDP) on August 16. The airlinesays it has been forced to drop these services due to a need to optimize operations. The carrier will focus on building services to other destinations in Alaska. However, Ravn will still operate flights from ANC to Homer (HOM), Valdez (VDZ), St. Paul Island (SNP) and Unalakleet (UNK).
Open primaries, ranked choice voting offer advantages to Alaskans
Ranked choice voting elections have been advancing and retreating since first developed in Denmark in the 1850s. The method was explored in Australia, Ireland, and, in the early 20th century, the U.S. After waxing and waning here during the ‘30s and ‘40s, since the 1960s, the ranked voting process has slowly spread. As reported by […]
Mail delays postpone the start of pre-Election Day voting in parts of rural Alaska
Early voting opened Monday for Alaska’s Aug. 20 primary election, but ballots headed to many rural Alaska polling locations failed to arrive in time due to delays in the mail, the director of the Alaska Division of Elections said Wednesday. That’s left some rural voters waiting to cast their ballots, and the delay has caused […]
More volunteers needed as Juneau flood clean-up continues
There were dozens of black garbage bags and stacks of cardboard boxes in Charity Coleman’s front yard on Gee Street on Thursday, along with a bunch of household items that she had pulled out to dry in the sun. “My folks have been in this house for nearly 40...
New Owl Joins The American Bald Eagle Foundation
Since its formation in 1982, the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines has been a popular exhibit for locals and tourists alike. The Bald Eagle Foundation recently welcomed its newest addition, an owl from Las Vegas . Maia Edwards, the Scientific Director introduces her, “She is a “Siberian Eagle Owl”, and we got her from a breeder in Las Vegas and she’s about 10 weeks old.”
Mendenhall River flooding update: volunteers needed as clean-up continues
Mendenhall River flooding update: volunteers needed as clean-up continues. As Juneau wraps up the third day of clean-up following the August 6 Mendenhall River flooding, resources continue to pour in. Many throughout the community and the state have stepped up to help those in need. We are intensely grateful for the support from state agencies, the Coast Guard, the National Guard, nonprofits, local and regional businesses, and individual Juneauites who have lent a hand in ways big and small.
Fundraiser for Sitka accident victim sets goal of $100K
A GoFundMe campaign for a young man injured in a boating accident in Sitka last weekend (8-4-24) has raised almost $22,000. The young man – Harper – lost one leg below the knee when he fell overboard in Sealing Cove Sunday evening, and struck a moving boat propeller.
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