Because these grants are tied to coronavirus relief funding, tribes must use the homes as isolation or quarantine units, at least at first.
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As groups clamor for the vaccine, here’s how Alaska will decide who’s next in line
For the next several months, there will be far fewer vaccine doses available than people who want to receive them. Which raises the difficult question of who should get it first.
Could tiny homes be a big solution for coastal Alaska’s housing crisis?
Coastal Villages Region Fund is trying to provide a new model for coastal Alaska communities, where housing is no tiny issue.
Should a community’s population be a factor to set fish quotas in western Alaska?
The Coastal Villages Region Fund serves about a third of population covered by community development quota program, but only receives 15 percent of the fish.
Quinhagak commercial fishermen struggle after two years without a buyer
Several weeks ago, the financing fell through on a plan to bring the “Akutan,” a floating fish processing vessel, to Kuskokwim Bay. Fishermen in the coastal community of Quinhagak have nowhere to sell their catch for the second summer in a row. Many in the village are now struggling to make ends meet.