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State Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday October 09, 2022 ( 3 items )  

GCI: Bethel Native Corporation Awarded $42.4M Federal Grant To Bring Fiber Internet Service to Alaska's Y-K Delta Residents
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 6 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: Bethel Native Corporation (BNC) has been awarded a $42.4 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program to deploy a 405-mile fiber optic network from Dillingham to Bethel, Alaska. The project, to be completed in partnership with Alaska telecommunications provider GCI, will bring urban-level 2 gig internet service to co  more

Gov. Mike Dunleavy: New University Of Alaska Research Demonstrates Potential For North Slope Heavy Oil Production
JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 8 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: New research conducted by the Institute for Northern Engineering's Petroleum Development Lab at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, demonstrates the potential for commercial production of the estimated billions of barrels of heavy oil under existing oil fields on Alaska's North Slope. UAF engineers and Hilcorp Alaska have successfully deployed an enhanced oil recovery method using a process known as polym  more

Governor Dunleavy, Commissioners Return From Second Trip To Western Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 6 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy returned yesterday from a follow-up trip to communities heavily impacted by the Western Alaska storm, the remnants of Typhoon Merbok. Governor Dunleavy and his team, including Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ryan Anderson, Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, and Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Ma  more