It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our First Traditional Chief Donald Honea Sr. of Ruby. Chief Honea has served as First Traditional Chief of the Tanana Chiefs Conference region since 2008 and has spent much of his life dedicated to serving the Alaska Native People. He founded the Ruby Native Council – serving as both …
Tanana Chiefs Conference plans to provide services under the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). The draft plan is available for review at the link below. LIHWAP Draft Plan 2021 Dates for Public Comments: September 23-28, 2021. Persons wishing to comment on the proposed draft plan can provide public comment by contacting: edith.hildebrand@tananachiefs.orgWorkforce Support Manager, ext.3196Phone: 907 452-8251Outside Fairbanks …
Job incumbent is responsible for providing professional and technical expertise in all applicable areas of forestry practice and wildland fire management to clients and to provide leadership and direction to the forestry and wildland fire staff to accomplish these goals. The TCC Forestry Program provides forestry and wildland fire technical assistance to Native allotment owners, Tribal councils, village and regional …
TCC would like to express sincere condolences to those individuals and communities who have lost loved ones recently. These past few weeks have been very difficult for many with the recent COVID-19 surge throughout the state. We wanted to make everyone aware of the financial assistance being offered through FEMA for individuals who have incurred funeral expenses on or after …
According to documents obtained by POLITICO and Type Investigations, and interviews with several current and former Interior employees, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska’s state director, who was hired in 2019 and previously worked for GOP Representative Don Young, downplayed the significance of subsistence hunting and fishing during the Ambler environmental review and pushed career employees to modify their findings that …
Protect the Koyukuk RiverTCC and the tribes insist on a new decision process that looks proactively and holistically at the impacts of the Ambler road and associated activities. The Ambler Road Project is a proposal for a 211-mile industrial access road and is intended to facilitate the development of at least four large-scale mines and potentially hundreds of smaller mines …
At this time, Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) is only offering a 3rd dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals who meet a certain criteria approved by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC recommends that people with moderately to severely compromised immune systems receive an additional dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine at least 28 days after a 2nd dose …
The North Star Imagination Library and Tanana Chiefs Conference have partnered to expand Dolly Parton’s book gifting program to all TCC communities previously unserved by an Imagination Library affiliate. “We are thrilled to be able to include the TCC communities in our Imagination Library and ensure that hundreds more children have access to these high-quality books and the thrill of …
Limited COVID-19 Testing Available at the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center The Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center currently has limited COVID-19 testing availability. Patients requesting to be tested can call the clinic at 907-451-6682. Tests are scheduled on a day-to-day basis and are not scheduled days in advance. Patients also have the option of getting tested at the Capstone Clinic …