Media, Author at Bering Straits

During a roundtable discussion today with Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning announced that the Department will open approximately 27 million acres of federal lands to selection by eligible Alaska Native veterans. “We have a sacred obligation to America’s veterans. I honor...

In August 2021, BSNC received its allocation of CARES Act funding of nearly $15 million from the U.S. Treasury. BSNC staff immediately sprang into action and worked long hours to quickly roll out BSNC’s CARES Act Direct Assistance Program (DAP) to provide cash assistance to eligible BSNC shareholders who shouldered extra expenses and/or loss of...