JBER, ALASKA – The Newtok Village Council has been awarded 1.7 million dollars in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to acquire and demolish Newtok village homes threatened by erosion from the Ninglick River. The HMGP funds will be used to acquire and demolish seven homes in Newtok. The State Hazard Mitigation Advisory Committee has […]
APD responded to the Brown Jug Liqueur store at 4140 Old Seward Highway at 3:39 am on Wednesday after a security alarm went off at that location, police say. When they arrived at the scene, they observed two people sitting in the parking lot with a case of beer. Police questioned the two men why […]
JUNEAU – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded SEARHC $300,000 a year for the next three years for the Prince of Wales Health Network (POWHN) under the Rural Health Network Development Program. Five healthcare stakeholders on Prince of Wales (POW) make up POWHN: SEARHC, PeaceHealth, […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The National Science Foundation has announced Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program as the recipient of a $3 million research grant through the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program. Receiving $600,000 a year over the next five years, ANSEP will use the funding to conduct research aimed at better understanding the […]