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USDA's SPUR program offers up to $500 million to small and mid-size beef processors
The USDA launched the SPUR Program on Tuesday, offering up to $500 million in temporary payments to small and mid-size U.S. owned beef processors under federal or cooperative inspection, as the national cattle herd sits at a 75-year low and four companies, including two foreign-owned, control roughly 85 percent of national beef processing capacity.
Alaska News10h ago2 min readAI
Storm-hit Alaska businesses have until July 22 to seek recovery loans
Small businesses and private nonprofits across 13 western, southwestern, and northern Alaska regions have until July 22 to apply for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans tied to the October 2025 storms and Typhoon Halong remnants, with loans up to $2 million available even without physical property damage.
Alaska News4d ago2 min readAI
A Wasilla surgery center just raised $2.65M in private equity. Here is what that pattern means for Mat-Su healthcare.
Surgery Center of Wasilla, LLC disclosed two fully subscribed Rule 506(b) equity offerings totaling $2.65 million in Form D filings dated June 26, signaling a significant private capital push at a Mat-Su ambulatory surgical facility.
Alaska News5d ago2 min readAI
A record year for federal research-fraud enforcement — and Alaska's stake in it
University of Alaska draws $184.6M in federal research money as the False Claims Act hits record recoveries; Rep. Nick Begich sits on the House panel probing research fraud.
Alaska News5d ago3 min readAI
The EPA's No. 2 told Alaska's resource industry the door is open — for now
EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi told Alaska's Resource Development Council the agency is rolling back climate and oil-and-gas rules to speed resource development.
Alaska News6d ago2 min readAI
Robots are fighting Alaska wildfires near Nenana right now — on their own
Finalist teams in the $11 million XPRIZE Wildfire competition have until Thursday to demonstrate autonomous detection and suppression systems near Nenana, testing technology that aims to respond four times faster than current wildfire response rates.
Alaska News6d ago2 min readAI
A Corner of the Port of Anchorage Is Becoming a Park
The Anchorage Platting Board is scheduled July 1 to hear a staff-recommended preliminary plat that would divide a 48-acre heavy-industrial parcel at the Don Young Port of Alaska into two tracts, one of which the Assembly has already dedicated as municipal parkland for Government Hill.
Alaska News1w ago2 min readAI
AI is becoming Alaska's front page. It only knows the Alaska that's online.
The first AI answer most Alaskans see now appears inside an ordinary Google search, above the links. It summarizes what the web already covers well. For much of Alaska, the web covers almost nothing.
Alaska News1w ago4 min read🎧 PodcastAI
The Army Just Ran a Shark Tank in Alaska — and a Soldier's Enemy-Sniffing Drone Won
Alaska's 11th Airborne held Angel Ascent, a Shark Tank-style innovation contest; WO1 Brian Raab's "Wardrive" enemy-signal-detecting drone payload won top prize.
Alaska News1w ago2 min read🎧 PodcastAI
Interior Alaska Native groups set aside a day to repair elders' homes — and couldn't meet the demand
Tanana Chiefs Conference and five partner organizations held a live lottery drawing Thursday, selecting 20 Fairbanks-area Alaska Native elders across three project tiers for volunteer home-improvement assistance on July 13; the same-day coordination extends to rural Interior communities.
Alaska News1w ago1 min readAI
Ben Eielson High lab rebuild is part of Eielson AFB's F-35-era buildout
Ben Eielson High science lab Phase 3 work is part of Eielson Air Force Base's broader F-35-era infrastructure buildout in Interior Alaska
Alaska News1w ago3 min readAI
Coast Guard seeks contractor for Kodiak rescue aircraft life-support gear
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak posted a small-business solicitation June 15, 2026, for a private contractor to inspect and maintain survival and liquid oxygen systems on 11 search-and-rescue aircraft; proposals are due June 29, 2026, with the arrangement potentially running through 2031.
Alaska News2w ago2 min readAI
Eielson AFB PFAS plume is spreading, Air Force warns data center bidders
Air Force solicitation documents confirm the PFAS contamination plume at Eielson AFB is actively spreading, with the Air Force warning that sites appearing clean on 2024 maps may now be affected. No Environmental Baseline Survey has been completed for any Eielson parcel as the service markets the land to commercial AI data center developers.
Alaska News2w ago2 min readAI
Navy SEAL returns to Southeast Alaska after 28 years
Nathan Mitchell, a retired Navy SEAL Command Master Chief who deployed 17 times, completed the canoe journey to Celebration 2026 with his son. Alaska Natives serve in the military at five times the national average.
Alaska News3w ago2 min readAI
Angoon youth dancers perform at Celebration following Navy apology
The Koozie Da Kwan dancers from Angoon performed at Celebration 2026 on Thursday, their first major appearance since the U.S. Navy formally apologized in October 2024 for the 1882 bombardment that destroyed the village and left the community without winter resources.
Alaska News3w ago2 min readAI
Celebration 2026 opens in Juneau with canoe arrivals, cultural speeches
Sealaska Heritage Institute opened Celebration 2026 in Juneau with traditional canoe arrivals from eight Southeast Alaska communities. Speakers framed the gathering's theme, Enduring Strength, as a response to external political forces and internal community challenges.
Alaska News3w ago2 min read🎧 PodcastAI
Haida fashion designer Dorothy Grant to sign career monograph at Alaska State Museum Friday
World-renowned Haida fashion designer Dorothy Grant will appear in person at the Alaska State Museum for a book signing during First Friday, offering Alaskans direct access to a major Indigenous artist whose four-decade career is documented in a new monograph.
Alaska News3w ago1 min readAI
State library, archives, and museum mark ten years in shared Juneau building
The Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building, which consolidated state library, archives, and museum operations in 2016, reaches its tenth anniversary with a free public celebration featuring hands-on activities and cake from the Friends group.
Alaska News4w ago2 min readAI
Alaska Native Heritage Center collects traditional foods for typhoon relief
The Alaska Native Heritage Center is coordinating traditional food donations for families displaced by Typhoon Halong. Donors can deliver subsistence foods to the Anchorage campus using designated drop-off windows.
Alaska News1mo ago1 min readAI
TCLL graduates first 8th grade class after years of Tlingit immersion
The Tlingit Culture, Language and Literacy program celebrated its inaugural 8th grade graduation Tuesday, with students delivering speeches and presentations entirely in Tlingit after years in the immersion program.
Alaska News1mo ago3 min readAI