U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, Tuesday acknowledged the announcement of an additional $ 53,959,517 million in federal broadband grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). The grant recipients include Igiugig Village, Alaska Tribal Spectrum, Alaska Village Initiatives, Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor, Benhti Economic […]
Anchorage – Unicom, Inc., (a GCI Communication Corp. (GCI) subsidiary) is expanding broadband internet into two rural, Alaska Native communities (Deering and Kivalina) in Alaska’s Northwest Arctic Borough. Building on more than a decade long commitment to developing internet connectivity across rural Alaska, the newest Unicom project continues the company’s work to provide an ease […]
ANCHORAGE, May 22. The seventh annual Indigenous Connectivity Summit (ICS) takes place in Anchorage, Alaska this week (May 22-24), bringing together Indigenous community members, network operators, researchers, and policymakers with a common goal: to connect Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada to fast, affordable, and sustainable Internet. The ICS, hosted by the Indigenous […]
Late Wednesday afternoon First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary Deb Haaland flew into the southwestern community of Bethel. When their aircraft touched down at 5:39 on, Biden exited the aircraft first and was followed by Secretary Haaland. They were met at the airport by Representative Mary Peltola, First Lady of Alaska Rose Dunleavy, and the […]
