Eight Aleutian businesses were awarded $3,000 each in late April as part of a new microgrant program from the Aleutian Marketplace. Grant recipients range from an ice cream shop in King Cove to a notary in Unalaska to commercial fishermen in Sand Point. A total of $24,000 worth of grant money was distributed throughout the region. It’s the first of two rounds of grants through the partnership between the Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association, TelAlaska, Wells Fargo and the Aleut Corporation. The organizations work with community members, small business owners and creative entrepreneurs throughout the region in an attempt to help fuel local economies.
Eight Aleutian businesses were awarded $3,000 each in grants in late April as part of a new “micro grant” program; a group of law professors is critical of the Ninth Circuit for a March split ruling, which cleared the way for a land swap to create a lifesaving road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge; and hundreds of voters in Alaska watched the results in this year's Philippine national election.