KOTZEBUE, Alaska – U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund today announced they have approved a Community Facility Grant of $24,900 to the Maniilaq Association, which provides health and social services to residents of Northwest Alaska. The funding will be used to purchase “snowbulances” for the communities of Ambler, Deering and Selawik. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Within days of Senator Lisa Murkowski urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to use existing federal funds to buy surplus Alaska canned sockeye salmon for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), the cabinet official today agreed, announcing plans to buy up to $30 million worth. “Food banks nationwide are reporting higher numbers […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Nov. 20, 2014 – USDA-Rural Development (USDA-RD) Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund today announced that USDA-RD’s Rural Utilities Service is awarding a total of $1,076,709 in Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grants to improve the delivery of health care and educational services in rural Alaska. “The DLT program delivers educational and medical […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Just more than a month after Senator Lisa Murkowski urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to consider Governor Sean Parnell’s proposal to use existing federal funds to buy extra Alaska canned pink salmon for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has agreed to purchase up to $13 million worth. This […]