The University of Alaska now owns the land beneath its upper atmospheric research facility near Gakona, nearly 10 years after acquiring the site’s science instruments from the U.S. Air Force. The federal government officially relinquished 1,158 acres beneath the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility to the university earlier this year. Additionally, the government sold […]
Chitina, Alaska – The Native Village of Chitina (NVC), a federally recognized tribe in Chitina, Alaska, seeks public, state, and federal support to protect ancestral graves from further disturbance and desecration. Chitina, known as “Ahtna,” is located on the west bank of the Copper River, near the confluence with the Chitina River, about fifty-three miles […]
Glennallen, Alaska – The Ahtna, Incorporated (Ahtna) Board of Directors has voted to endorse Representative Mary Sattler Peltola’s candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator Lisa Murkowski’s for U.S. Senate. Ahtna joins a growing number of supporters with its endorsement of the candidates, including several other Alaska Native regional corporations, the ANCSA Regional […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Ahtna Netiye’, LLC (AN) has been recognized as one of the Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine’s “2022 Top 200 Environmental Firms,” jumping 38 spots to rank at 151. This was achieved while facing the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the global economic headwinds of ramped inflation, surging commodity prices, global supply chain […]