KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Sept. 26, 2022 – NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) will provide $1 million in additional funding for Village Economic Investment (VEI) grants in each of NANA’s 11 communities. NANA’s board of directors approved the spending at their board meeting on Sept. 9 in Kotzebue. The VEI grant funds can be used to improve […]
ANCHORAGE – The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) will host nearly 600 participants, including a record 55 tribal leaders, for the 17th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation, September 21 – 23, 2022. Throughout the consultation, tribal government leaders will provide recommendations on administering tribal funds and programs; enhancing the safety of […]
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 […]
The June 24 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to an abortion will adversely impact Native American and Alaska Native victim-survivors of sexual violence in several ways. The ruling paves the way for national criminalization of abortion. A number of states, including Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, […]