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AFN Secures $35.1 million in TBCP Broadband Award for 74 Consortium Members

By Alaska Federation of Natives on May 5, 2022   Featured, General News  

AFN Secures $35.1 million in TBCP Broadband Award for 74 Consortium Members

Anchorage, AK—Wednesday, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTAI) announced its latest round of Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) awards. Leading the list of awardees, in terms of grant amount and consortium size, was the Alaska Federation of Natives, who secured a $35.1 million use and adoption TBCP award for its 74 consortium members.  “The […]

Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program receives $5 million to expand full-time Acceleration Academy component to Dillingham, Kotzebue and Juneau

By ANSEP on Mar 18, 2022   Science/Education  

Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program receives $5 million to expand full-time Acceleration Academy component to Dillingham, Kotzebue and Juneau

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program was awarded $5 million to expand its full-time Acceleration Academy component to three more Alaska communities. Currently operating in Anchorage, Bethel and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Acceleration Academy will become available to students in Dillingham, Kotzebue and Juneau in fall 2022. A residential component will be […]

Brent Sass wins Ryan Air Gold Coast Award

By Iditarod.com on Mar 13, 2022   Featured, General News  

Brent Sass wins Ryan Air Gold Coast Award

Anchorage, Alaska – Veteran Iditarod competitor Brent Sass (bib #27), of Eureka, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the Unalakleet checkpoint at 11:32 p.m. today with 12 dogs, winning the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award. This award was first presented in 1987. Ryan Air began sponsoring the award in 2019. The award consists of […]

Brent Sass Wins Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award

By Iditarod.com on Mar 12, 2022   General News  

Brent Sass Wins Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award

Anchorage, Alaska – Veteran Iditarod musher Brent Sass (bib #27) of Eureka, Alaska, is the first to arrive at the Kaltag checkpoint at 2:36 a.m. with 12 dogs in harness. In doing so Sass, claims the BBNC Fish First Award consisting of 25 pounds of fresh Bristol Bay salmon filets, $2,000 and a wood burned art piece […]

Alaska Army National Guard aviation wins DUSTOFF Association Rescue of the Year

By Spc. Grace Nechanicky | Joint Force Headquarters on Feb 18, 2022   General News  

Alaska Army National Guard aviation wins DUSTOFF Association Rescue of the Year

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Four members of the Alaska Army National Guard’s Golf Company, Detachment 1, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, received the 2021 Rescue of the Year award from DUSTOFF Association in early February for their efforts in a rescue last fall. At approximately 1:30 p.m. Sept. 15, 2021, a […]

Alaska Earthquake Center receives USGS funding

By Geophysical Institute on Nov 27, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, State, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Alaska Earthquake Center receives USGS funding

The U.S. Geological Survey recently awarded the Alaska Earthquake Center a $2.85M one-year award to operate and strengthen Alaska’s earthquake monitoring system. The AEC at the University of Alaska’s Geophysical Institute has worked daily with the USGS on earthquake issues since the first MOU was signed in 1987. “The importance of this current award is […]

First Lady Rose Dunleavy Announces Volunteer of the Year Award Recipients

By Lauren Gilliam | Office of the Governor on May 16, 2020   Featured, State  

First Lady Rose Dunleavy Announces Volunteer of the Year Award Recipients

  Alaskans recognized for COVID-19 response efforts (Anchorage, AK) – First Lady Rose Dunleavy Friday announced and recognized Alaskan volunteers across the state as recipients of the First Lady Volunteer of the Year Award for their selfless COVID-19 pandemic response efforts. Since 1975, the awards have recognized volunteers who engage in unpaid charitable activities, demonstrate […]

Community of Shaktoolik awarded Iditarod 2020 Golden Clipboard Award

By Iditarod.com on Apr 28, 2020   Featured, General News, North Slope/Northwest Alaska  

Community of Shaktoolik awarded Iditarod 2020 Golden Clipboard Award

  Wasilla, Alaska – The checkpoint of Shaktoolik has been awarded the Iditarod’s Golden Clipboard Award for the 2020 race, a distinguished recognition voted on by the Iditarod Official Finishers Club. Shaktoolik was chosen for its residents’ incredible commitment to providing mushers the best checkpoint accommodations possible in light of restrictions and concerns over COVID-19. […]

Congressman Don Young Receives Award for Work Combating AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

By Zack Brown | Office of Representative Young on Mar 5, 2020   Featured, Health, State  

Congressman Don Young Receives Award for Work Combating AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

  Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young, Co-Chair of the TB Elimination Caucus, has been recognized by the ONE Campaign for his work in Congress to combat AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. Congressman Young is a cosponsor of H.Res.861 – a resolution supporting the role of the United States in helping to save the […]

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