JUNEAU, AK –The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently selected Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) as one of 30 tribes to be a part of the next expansion of the Tribal Access Program (TAP). The program provides federally-recognized tribes with the ability to access and […]
Southeast Conference has contributed another $20,000 to a scholarship endowment for University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) students in the coming academic year. This brings their total contributions to nearly $300,000 since 1998. Southeast Conference was formed in 1958 to promote the regional transportation system known as the Alaska Marine Highway. Their mission has since […]
ANCHORAGE – The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is reinstating Alaska’s adult preventive dental program (also known as the Adult Enhanced Dental Program) for Medicaid recipients effective Dec. 31, 2019. Program services will also be retroactively covered to Oct. 1, 2019, when the program was discontinued as part of an overall effort to […]
Image: Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Kimberly Houser explains career fields in the Alaska Army National Guard to Brownies during the Girl Scouts of Alaska Encampment event.(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Amy Slinker/Released) JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Army National Guard and Girl Scouts of Alaska is adopting the new […]