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An Ahtna-owned company will demolish buildings at a West Virginia park
The National Park Service awarded $748,234 to Anchorage-based Ahtna Global LLC to demolish excess structures and abandoned buildings at New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia, work running from Sept. 2, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
A Cordova tribe's company will rebuild the Labor Department Great Hall
Coho Construction Management LLC of Anchorage was awarded a $10,131,954 Department of Labor contract to upgrade the auditorium, Great Hall and mezzanine of the Frances Perkins Building in Washington, with work running from Sept. 10, 2026 through Sept. 9, 2028.
The Coast Guard is repairing a fire-damaged barracks at Kodiak
The Coast Guard awarded Hunatek Federal Services of Herndon, Virginia, $99,950 to repair fire damage at Barracks 1, Building 4 on Base Kodiak, with work running Sept. 8 to Dec. 11. The award record does not say when the fire occurred or whether anyone was displaced.
Chugach Solutions gets $43,689 in FBI building maintenance orders
Two GSA task orders totaling $43,689 send Anchorage-based Chugach Solutions Enterprise to the FBI Washington Field Office for fall-protection installation and a generator breaker replacement, work booked under an 8(a) sole-source vehicle awarded in January.
Kadiak takes a $4.45 million State Department IT contract
The U.S. Department of State placed a $4,452,063 IT support order with Anchorage-based Kadiak LLC, a Koniag-owned 8(a) firm, running Sept. 28, 2026, through Sept. 27, 2027, for two diplomatic bureaus covering the Middle East and South and Central Asia.
USDA's Rural Housing Service awards $1.35 million cybersecurity contract to Anchorage's Koniag IT Systems
The USDA Rural Housing Service awarded $1,346,351 to Koniag IT Systems, LLC of Anchorage for cybersecurity, compliance and quality assurance support services, with performance running Sept. 4, 2026, through July 3, 2027.
An Alaska village-owned firm services a Queens federal building
KCORP Reliance, owned by four Koyukuk River villages, will be paid about $39,600 to service chillers at a New York federal building that houses a Social Security processing center.
An Anchorage company keeps the heat and power on at NIH's Bethesda campus
The National Institutes of Health awarded $5,910,302 to Treon Support Services JV, LLC of Anchorage on Friday for ventilation upgrades at a central utility plant, plus $12,558 for gas cylinder rentals at Building 11. The award records do not identify an Alaska work site.
Homer economic commission to finalize short-term rental recommendation to City Council
Homer's Economic Development Advisory Commission is scheduled Tuesday, Sept. 8, to finalize a draft response to the City Council on short-term rentals, covering owner-occupancy rules, a registration system and nonconformity code provisions.
Coast Guard awards Anchorage firm $1.7 million amid 8(a) freeze
The U.S. Coast Guard awarded Old Harbor Solutions LLC of Anchorage two contracts totaling about $1.71 million for administrative support and Small Boat Product Line logistics, both running into 2027. The firm is an Alaska Native Corporation-owned, SBA-certified 8(a) business.
E-Rate payments send $335,276 to broadband in three Alaska towns
Six federal Schools and Libraries Program payments to SATEO INC of Anchorage, ranging from $1,368 to $302,400 and totaling $335,276, posted Friday on USAspending.gov, showing how E-Rate subsidy money reaches a single Alaska vendor.
Rural Alaska's internet funding is changing hands as an old federal program ends
Matanuska Telecom Association, Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative and Cordova Telecom Cooperative received a combined $14.9 million in FCC High Cost payments posted Friday, plus $154,547 in Lifeline support for Copper Valley, as the Alaska Plan winds down in 2026.
Fairbanks' utility is writing down when it would start turning off your power
Golden Valley Electric Association is formalizing a three-level alert system ending in rotating outages, after running with inadequate reserves 94% of the time.
You can name your own price to see the Tlingit opera in Juneau
Sealaska Heritage Institute and Perseverance Theatre are offering pay-as-you-can tickets at the door for the Tlingit opera, with all closing-night seats included.
CDC placed $2 million with an Anchorage firm without competition
Two one-year contracts totaling $2,044,976 to Eagle Health Analytics, LLC of Anchorage, a Bristol Bay Native Corporation subsidiary, appear in federal award records. One order, worth $546,301, funds Ebola response support for the CDC's emerging infectious disease center.
Metlakatla wins federal money to protect the hydro plant its island runs on
The Department of Energy awarded the Metlakatla Indian Community $166,000 in congressionally directed spending to design and engineer a mitigation action protecting the Purple Lake Hydro facility from environmental impacts. The two-year work period runs Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2028. Construction is not funded.
Clay Koplin will lead Matanuska Electric starting in January
Clay Koplin of Cordova Electric Cooperative will become chief executive of Matanuska Electric Association on Jan. 7, succeeding the retiring Tony Izzo.
Cordova weighs a model where you own the house but lease the land
Sitka Community Land Trust pitched Cordova on separating land from house ownership, a model it says takes about $100,000 off the price of a home.
University of Alaska draws $8.7 million Education Department payment running through 2031
The U.S. Department of Education recorded an $8,685,195 direct payment to the University of Alaska Systems in Fairbanks, with the funding period running through Aug. 31, 2031. The public record describes the purpose only as "GRANT PROGRAM."
HEX plans to triple its gas deliveries, enough to cover a tenth of demand
AIDEA said Wednesday that HEX has expanded its Allegra Leigh Platform in Cook Inlet from six wells to as many as 14 and plans to triple firm gas deliveries to ENSTAR starting in April 2027. State studies still put the basin's current-demand horizon near 2030.