Small Business Development Center Adds $83M for Tribal Credit Initiative
A State Small Business Credit Initiative backed by more than $83 million will drive private-sector development in rural and Alaska Native-owned businesses.
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Groundbreaking at Alaska Native Medical Center Emergency Services Expansion
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium broke ground on a $257 million expansion of emergency services at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, the largest single investment in its history.
US Department of Commerce Invests $3.1M to Bolster Kenai Peninsula Mariculture Workforce
Chugach Regional Resources Commission gets $3.1 million in federal funds to create jobs in the marine research and mariculture fields.
Tlingit & Haida Names Senior Director of Early Education
The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska hired Ethan Petticrew, previously executive director for Cook Inlet Native Head Start, as Senior Director of Early Education.
$1.9M Federal Grant for The Kuskokwim Corporation Sawmill
The Kuskokwim Corporation’s nonprofit affiliate receives $1.9 million in US Commerce Department funds to develop a sawmill to produce local building materials.
Geologist at UMIAQ Environmental Promoted to Director of Operations
UMIAQ Environmental, a subsidiary of UIC Commercial Services, promoted Trevor Crosby to Director of Operations.