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Fairbanks Hosts Annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympics
The annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympic Games (WEIO) will take place at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks from July 17 through 20, 2019.
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GCI Awards $100,000 in Scholarships to Fifty Alaska Students
Fifty Alaska students from communities across the state will receive $2,000 apiece in the 2019-2020 academic year through the GCI Scholarship Program in partnership with the Alaska Community Foundation.
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The Thin Line Between Alaska and Canada
Marked by metal cones and a clear-cut swath twenty feet wide, Alaska’s border with Canada is one of the great feats of wilderness surveying.
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Governor Dunleavy Signs Senate Bill 16
Governor Michael Dunleavy signed Senate Bill 16 which expands license types under Title 4 of the state’s alcohol license laws. This bill allows alcohol service in areas that had previously operated under a recreational site license before the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board denied licenses they deemed to be operating contrary to state law.
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Fireweed Business Center Window Retrofit to Further Improve Energy Efficiency and Workplace Comfort
CIRI is again partnering with View, a Silicon Valley company that manufactures smart windows.
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Village Move Intensifying in Summer 2019
The relocation of an Alaska village is happening fast this summer, after many years of planning and work.
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Ondas Networks Establishes Mission-Critical Wireless Service in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico Regions
Ondas Networks Inc. announced the closing of its acquisition of licensed spectrum in the 700 MHz band for the State of Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico and multiple counties bordering the Gulf.
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UAF’s First Class of Veterinary Students Makes History
A collaborative, cross-school program helps Alaska grow its own veterinarians and for local clinics to make an investment in the future workforce.
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BP, UAA Partnership Seeks to Create Opportunities for Future Engineers in Alaska
BP is investing more than $280,000 in UAA’s College of Engineering and the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program in 2019.
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In This Issue
The 2019 Best of Alaska Business Awards
July 2019
Welcome to the fourth annual Best of Alaska Business Awards! As part of our continuing mission to support Alaska’s business communities, each year we look to you, our readers, to tell us which businesses excel in a range of diverse categories.