News for Community
Friday, April 18, 2025
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Categories: Education, Community, Economic, Members
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Enrollment is open in Alaska’s first community solar program. Offered by Chugach Electric Association, Inc., the program gives members a chance to voluntarily subscribe to solar panels from a solar facility built and operated by Chugach. Chugach Community Solar is a 500-kilowatt (kW) AC, four-acre project with 1,560 bifacial panels. The project is located next to Chugach’s Retherford Substation in ...read more
Categories: Members, Press Release, Community
Wednesday, April 09, 2025
Habitat for Humanity Anchorage, in addition to building affordable housing in Anchorage, donates funding to build Habitat homes in Malawi. Executive Director Peter Taylor had the privilege of visiting Malawi to see the work of Habitat Malawi in October last year. "I was stunned by the effectiveness of a few American dollars in making huge differences to the lives of Malawi folk," said Peter. "I ...read more
Categories: Community, Events, Press Release, Economic
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Alaska Communications Launches Bundled Services Perfect for Small BusinessesBundles are scalable and include unlimited internet, Microsoft 365, voice and help desk options
ANCHORAGE, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 99.9% of businesses in the U.S. are small businesses. Although many small businesses are a labor of love, their owners often find themselves ...read more
Categories: Community, Economic, Press Release
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Do you know a young leader in the Municipality of Anchorage who’s looking for a way to make a difference and contribute to our community? Mayor LaFrance is seeking applicants aged 14 to 22 to join the Youth Advisory Commission to provide insight to City Hall and the Assembly on issues, services, and programs affecting youth.One of the commission’s exciting responsibilities this year includes ...read more
Categories: Community, Members, Press Release, Government, Diversity & Inclusion
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Alaska’s wildfire season started early this year. To help Anchorage residents protect their properties against wildfires, the Mayor’s Office, Anchorage Fire Department Wildfire Division and Solid Waste Services (SWS) are partnering together to open the local wood lots for free to Anchorage residents clearing their properties this spring and summer. To encourage wildfire mitigation, from March 29 ...read more
Categories: Community, Press Release
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Global Credit Union hosted its 30th Annual Alaska Military Appreciation Breakfast on February 14, 2025, to honor the Alaska Armed Services YMCA’s 13 Service Members of the Year recipients and the Military Spouse of the Year.
Service members from all active-duty branches, as well as the Guard and Reserves, were nominated by their supervisors. Each nominee was then interviewed by a panel for ...read more
Categories: Community, Press Release, Chamber, Military/Veteran, Events
Monday, March 24, 2025
Today, the LaFrance administration announced that over $5 million in secured federal funding will go toward helping people get housed and keep their housing in Anchorage.The Mayor’s Office team and the Anchorage Health Department have worked together to identify, align, and deploy two sets of federal funding for housing stability: Just over $4 million in Emergency Rental Assistance and $1.5 ...read more
Categories: Community, Government, Press Release, Members
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Urban Snow Modeling to Advance Resilience for Today and Tomorrow (USMARTT)Mission Statement
University of Alaska researchers want to understand how previous years of heavy snow affected your business.Background
In Anchorage, Alaska, the urban area has faced the top three snowiest years in the last decade. In the last two years, 24 buildings have collapsed due to weight of snow, resulting in ...read more
Categories: Community, Education, Press Release
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Alaskans living in the Athabascan community of Nenana will receive lifechanging broadband service, thanks to a Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Round 2 grant funded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
The collaboration between Nenana Native Association, Tanana Chiefs Conference and Alaska Communications will bring fiber to the home service to 362 ...read more
Categories: Community, Press Release, Chamber, Economic
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
KODIAK, Alaska ? Alaskans in four Tribal communities on Kodiak Island will receive lifechanging broadband service, thanks to a Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program Round 2 grant funded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
The collaboration, named Project Nunapet, between Old Harbor Native Corporation and Alaska Communications will install a middle mile ...read more
Categories: Economic, Community, Press Release
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Anchorage, AK – The Global Credit Union Foundation donated $65,000 to community nonprofits in Alaska and Arizona. The donations were part of the Foundation’s 2024 quarterly distribution of funds to its nonprofit partners in areas served by the credit union.
“We’ve partnered with these nonprofits because we’ve seen firsthand the good they do in the community,” said Noël Gabler, Executive ...read more
Categories: Community, Military/Veteran, Chamber, Members, Press Release
