The Alaska Air National Guard’s 211th Rescue Squadron and 144th Airlift Squadron transported relief supplies via HC-130J Combat King II Sept. 29, 2022, as part of Operation Merbok Response. JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska State Emergency Operations Center is working closely with state, federal and private-sector partners to coordinate the shipment and […]
The Alaska Federation of Natives, the state’s largest statewide Native organization, chose for its 2022 Convention keynote speaker Representative Mary Sattler Peltola. After winning the special election and becoming the first Alaska Native and the first woman as the U.S. House of Representative for Alaska, the AFN board and leadership invited Representative Peltola to help honor […]
KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Sept. 26, 2022 – NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) will provide $1 million in additional funding for Village Economic Investment (VEI) grants in each of NANA’s 11 communities. NANA’s board of directors approved the spending at their board meeting on Sept. 9 in Kotzebue. The VEI grant funds can be used to improve […]
(Anchorage) – Governor Mike Dunleavy was joined by U.S. Representative Mary Peltola and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell to discuss the federal and state response to the storm damage in western Alaska. “Thank you to Administrator Criswell for flying to Alaska to see the impacts firsthand,” said Governor Dunleavy. “We’re […]