Independent federal agency designed exclusively for Alaska. Funds rural infrastructure: energy, transportation, telecom, bulk fuel, and community-facility projects in remote villages. Created by Congress in 1998.
510 L St, Suite 410, Anchorage, AK 99501
The White House wanted the Denali Commission closed, and it grew instead
The Denali Commission went eight months without an approved work plan while routing roughly $255 million in other agencies' money into rural Alaska.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min readAI
Alaska runs on federal money, and a proposed rule change has people worried
Alaska nonprofits, municipalities, and Tribal-finance groups submitted comments opposing a proposed OMB rule that would revise federal grant regulations, warning it could disrupt services ranging from food security to disaster recovery across the state.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readAI
Murkowski: War-price fuel barges lock rural Alaska into costly winter
Senator Lisa Murkowski warned Sunday that rural Alaska villages receiving June fuel barges are locked into peak Iran-war prices through winter, with Dillingham at $9/gal and Nuiqsut at $14/gal before barge delivery and increases of 50 percent or more coming.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 min readAI