U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) welcomed allocations of nearly $216 million in fishery disaster funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce. In December, the Secretary of Commerce announced that a number of Alaska’s crab and salmon fisheries met the requirements for disaster determinations in the […]
Ongoing efforts by state, federal, non-governmental agencies, and native organizations seek to address storm-related damages and needs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Governor Mike Dunleavy’s Sept.17, 2023 disaster declaration activated the state’s individual assistance program to address damages from the 2022 West Coast Storm, also known as Typhoon Merbok. To date more than $1.58 million […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration Feb. 24, 2023 to assist the Tuluksak Native Community, and the Yupiit School District with emergency response expenses related to the broken water line between the water plant and school. The declaration will activate the State’s Public Assistance program to provide needed emergency […]
Washington, D.C. – Last week, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro asking them to consider appropriating disaster relief funding for those impacted by this year’s total shut down of crab harvests. This is the first time ever that the Bering Sea snow crab harvest […]