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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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The $12.1 million distribution will go out to Calista’s more than 37,300 shareholders in mid-April.
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Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) President and CEO Bill Stamm said that the cooperative is proposing a rate increase because “everything is more expensive.”
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Officials hope a new online application will shorten the time it takes to receive food assistance as the state works through its backlog.
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Following new alcohol regulations, Alaska Airlines was the only permitted alcohol carrier for Western Alaska communities, leaving others scrambling. On Jan. 5, Northern Air Cargo was added to the licensed carrier list.
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Eligible Alaska residents have until March 31, 2024 to file PFD applications with the Alaska Department of Revenue.
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Bank workers at the Wells Fargo branch in Bethel withdrew their petition to file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, Dec. 20.
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Bank workers at two branches of the multinational bank Wells Fargo, one in the lower 48’s southwest and one in Southwest Alaska, filed a petition to hold the bank’s first-ever union elections on Monday, Nov. 20.
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In a press release, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, will chair a field oversight hearing titled, “The Impact of the Historic Salmon Declines on the Health and Well-Being of Alaska Native Communities Along the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers.” Afterwards, there will be an open forum listening session.
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Calista Corporation announced a $350 benefit for some of its Elder shareholders this year. Those funds will be distributed to original shareholders who are at least 65 years old as of Nov. 9.
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The new grant money is intended to help tribes and low-income households lower their energy bills this winter.