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GCI says cellular provider AT&T is to blame for the missed calls, while AT&T puts the blame on an unnamed third party. It’s not clear how many calls GCI customers missed because of the interruption.
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Communications company GCI says the fiber optic internet project will bring urban speeds and pricing to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and be a vast departure from its current network.
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Veterans, National Guard members, and their families get more access to military commissary supply lines this fall in Bethel and Nome. The ordering window deadline is Oct. 31 for Bethel and Nov. 15 for Nome.
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After power rates in Aniak shot up to some of the highest in the world, customers asked the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to reconsider those rates. The prices will go down again, but the commission is looking into other irregularities.
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Eligible Alaska Native Vietnam Veteran-era veterans can apply to receive up to 160 acres of the 29.5 million acres available. This is the third time federally managed land has been offered to Alaska Native Vietnam veterans, who did not have the chance to meet an earlier deadline to select land allotments because they were serving during the Vietnam War.
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From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5 and Wednesday, Sept. 6, representatives from FEMA, the U.S. Small Business Administration, and the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management will be in Russian Mission to register survivors for disaster assistance, and to answer questions about the application process and what happens next.
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced in a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 29 that Alaskans impacted by the flooding that began on May 12 now have until Oct. 31 to file their individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.
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The focus of the visit were the efforts to relocate the village and the $25 million Napakiak received last year under the Biden administration’s infrastructure law.
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One of the grants goes to GCI subsidiary Unicom to bring subsea fiber-optic cable from Platinum into the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities of Toksook Bay, Tununak, and Emmonak.
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"As the salmon started to dwindle, people had to find other species. But still that left the void, the void meaning a big part of our staple was gone. And it's still, the puzzle isn't complete today because we got all these factors, and that affected our culture, our physiological and our mental well-being as well," said Nick Andrew Jr.
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The nationwide program is vital for offsetting property tax losses due to nontaxable federal lands within municipal boundaries.
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Electricity rates in Aniak quadrupled recently. Dozens of residents asked the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to do something about it at their Wednesday meeting. One commissioner noted that this is not the first time Aniak’s utility has run afoul of regulators and said the commission would investigate.