“I definitely think it’s possible to have a unified voice but it’s never going to be truly unified unless all entities that were invited to the table take advantage of it,” Utqiaġvik Mayor Fannie Suvlu said.
Alaska Native Corporations
Wrangell pizza shop owner gets $25,000 grant for aeroponic farming
Dixie Booker hopes to eventually build a 2,000-square-foot greenhouse with more than 100 aeroponic towers to grow year-round produce for the community.
Weary of alcohol deaths, Napaskiak asks governor to declare state of emergency
Napaskiak asked Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency, following an increase in alcohol-related deaths in the village of Bethel.
Wrangell Cooperative designing five-year plan to curb outward migration
The local tribe in Wrangell received a $100,000 grant, in part, to curb outward migration. The tribe will create a five-year plan to bolster industry and community services that could keep people from moving out of town.
Inupiat leaders say offshore drilling proposal ‘ignored’ local concerns
In a recent letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, VOICE wrote, “with respect to the Arctic [Outer Continental Shelf] announcement on the [Draft Proposed Program], we feel the concerns of local organizations were ignored and that deeply disturbs us.”
Alaska’s only tribal college now offering bachelor’s degree in business
The college’s President hopes the bachelor’s program will give local students the qualifications they need to fill positions that might otherwise go to applicants from elsewhere.