BBNC — Alaska Native regional corporation for the Bristol Bay region, home to the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery. Owned by Yupik, Aleut, and Athabascan shareholders.
1500 Kanakanak Rd #112C, Dillingham, AK 99576, USA
BBNC offers CDL training in Kenai for shareholders this fall
Bristol Bay Native Corporation opened applications Thursday for Fall 2026 Class A CDL training in Kenai, run with Kenai Peninsula Driving Instruction. Enrollment is rolling, and eligibility is limited to Alaska residents who are BBNC shareholders, spouses or descendants, 18 or older.

BBNC shareholders have until Sept. 30 to return proxies
Bristol Bay Native Corporation shareholders, descendants and spouses have until Friday, Oct. 9, to complete an education and employment survey requested by BBNC's Shareholder Development department. A closer deadline comes first: proxies are due to Hutchings & Associates by Sept. 30.

BBNC Dillingham IT apprenticeship applications close Friday
Applications close Friday, Sept. 4, for a one-year IT apprenticeship in Dillingham run by BBNC with AVTEC and Choggiung Limited. The apprentice works at Choggiung's office while taking courses toward CompTIA certifications. Eligibility is limited to shareholders, descendants and spouses.

Bristol Bay Native Corporation is taking pitches for its December leadership forum
Bristol Bay Native Corporation is taking session proposals through Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. for the Bristol Bay Leadership Forum, held Dec. 10-11 in Anchorage, where village corporations, councils and boroughs discuss regional priorities.

Bristol Bay Native Corporation, pne of Alaska's largest companies, is remaking part of its top leadership
Bristol Bay Native Corporation COO Scott Torrison will retire May 1, 2027, after 18 years with the corporation. Ryan York, its former chief financial officer, succeeds him, and Logan Birch, former president of Alaska Growth Capital, took over as CFO in early August.

A free clinic helps BBNC shareholders decide who inherits their shares
Bristol Bay Native Corporation shareholders can complete personal wills and stock wills on Thursday, Aug. 13, at the BBNA Family Resource Center in Dillingham. The clinic is run in partnership with Alaska Legal Services.

BBNC kicks off shareholder season with a salmon-day picnic
Bristol Bay Native Corporation opens its shareholder season with an Aug. 8 picnic in Anchorage and meetings in eight communities, ahead of its Oct. 3 annual meeting and board election in Naknek.

BBNC subsidiary offers shareholder enrollment help July 25
Southcentral Region, a Bristol Bay Native Corporation subsidiary, holds a services open house with pancake brunch on Saturday, July 25, where staff will help shareholders update stock records and enroll descendants approved under BBNC's October 2025 program.

One town, six citations: Homer stands out in Bristol Bay
Six Homer residents were cited for commercial fishing violations during Bristol Bay enforcement patrols, standing out among a batch of 18 notices as troopers protect the sockeye run.
