The rural City of Saxman has received a $60,000 grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development (USDA-RD) it was announced on Thursday by USDA State Director Jim Nordlund. The funding for the roof replacement of Saxman’s Tribal House was provided by USDA_RD Alaska’s Community Facility Direct Grant, it was reported. “This much-needed funding will be […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 23, 2016 – U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development (USDA-RD) Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund Thursday announced that nine grant applications from Alaska scored sufficiently high enough to move to the final level of review. The grant requests were to USDA’s High Energy Cost Grant (HECG) program which was designed to help families […]
The upper Colville River is one of the quietest places on the planet, a land of cliffs and tundra and tangles of willow. Fashion Island is one of the most human-altered landscapes in America, where developers long ago replaced the native vegetation with a Cheesecake Factory and P.F. Chang’s. A female peregrine falcon born in […]
BETHEL – Governor Bill Walker testified before the United States Senate Energy Committee at a field hearing in Bethel Monday, addressing the high cost of energy in Alaska. The Governor joined U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, Representative Bob Herron, Cold Climate Housing Research Center Director Jack Hebert, and others to talk about the […]