{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/grant-roundup-senator-murkowski-announces-grants-going-to-alaska-", "Grant Roundup: Senator Murkowski Announces Grants Going to Alaska", "2021-11-22", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "Senate", "AK", "Lisa Murkowski", "M001153", "www.murkowski.senate.gov", "murkowski", "https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/press-releases?PageNum_rs=40", "scraper", "U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a senior member on the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the following grants heading to organizations, Tribal entities, and communities in Alaska:\n\nCordova: $20 million for the Cordova South Harbor Rebuild from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) grant program.\n\nThis project will restore South Harbor floats and docks, including sheet piling and dredging, and construction of a new drive-down floatplane and vessel service dock.\n\nHaines: $20 million RAISE grant for the Haines Lutak Dock replacement.\n\nThis project will complete development and construction to (1) relocate the existing boat launch ramp and creating a new uplands area; and (2) demolish the entire Lutak Dock and replace it with a bulkhead, fenders, and mooring dolphins.\n\nNunakauyarmiut Tribe: $12 million RAISE grant for the trail to Mertarvik.\n\nThis project will install an approximately 30-mile Geocell trail to connect the newly relocated Mertarvik Village to the existing transportation system infrastructure (trails system) on Nelson Island.\n\nStatewide: $10.2 million with a Tribal set aside of $7.19 million to Alaska from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Office of Community Services at the Administration for Children and Families\u2019 (ACF) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.\n\nStatewide: $4.95 million Alaska Native Women\u2019s Resource Center from ACF.\n\nFort Wainwright: $31.19 million to the Watterson Construction Company to construct a large child development center.\n\nYakutat: $454,343 to the Yakutat Community Health Center to purchase devices, including laptops and tablets, and enhance its telemedicine services to provide underserved and low-income patients in the Yakutat area access to a variety of healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nBethel: $520,597 to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation for telehealth devices, including new network hardware, software, and wireless access points, to expand telehealth capabilities that are integral to successful patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nFairbanks: $6.2 million for a research project focused on building community resilience.\n\nAnchorage: $50,000 to the Anchorage Museum Association for a project entitled, \u201cFuture Forward: People, Place and Planet.\u201d\n\nThe Anchorage Museum will use these funds to hire new museum staff and train existing staff to develop community relationships, partnerships, networks, and alliances.\n\nCordova: $23,000 to the Cordova Public Library\u2019s Digital Services Librarian.\n\nThe Cordova Public Library in Cordova will significantly expand its digital services for patrons in this geographically isolated rural community.\n\nUnalaska: $38,795 to the Museum of the Aleutians for the Archaeological Catalog and Community Outreach Project.\n\nThe Museum of the Aleutians in Unalaska will catalogue and re-house archaeological materials and include them in the Alaska Digital Archives and on the museum's website.\n\nAngoon: $48,457 to Kootznoowoo, Inc. for the Angoon Artisan Library.\n\nThe village of Angoon, Alaska-home to the Deisheetan clan of the Tlingit Tribe will create an artists' workshop with a library and resource center that will help this remote community address the social isolation and lack of access to cultural activities that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nKake: $49,062 to Organized Village of Kake to modernize the Tribe\u2019s archives.\n\nThe Organized Village of Kake, a federally recognized Alaskan Tribe, will transform the Tribe's archival collection from a library-only version to an easy-to-use, publicly available online platform to help the community foster positive and lasting improvements and combat some of the social and cultural isolation it has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nWrangell: $14,040 to Wrangell Cooperative Association for additional staffing to recover lost public hours.\n\nThe Irene Ingle Public Library in Wrangell will expand its operating hours to better serve patrons on a more regular basis.\n\nGrants from the Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for economic relief funds for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at these airports:\n\nKing Salmon: $1,218,064 to the King Salmon Airport\n\nQuinhagak: $32,000 to the Native Village of Kwinhagak for the Quinhagak Airport\n\nWainwright: $32,000 to the North Slope Borough for the Wainwright Airport\n\nAtqasuk: $32,000 to the North Slope Borough for the Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport\n\nUtqiagvik: $1.2 million to the Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport\n\nAnchorage: $42.12 million to the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport\n\nAniak: $1.06 million to the Aniak Airport\n\nUnalaska: $1.13 million to the Unalaska Airport\n\nBethel: $2.4 million to the Bethel Airport\n\nKodiak: $1.57 million to the Kodiak Airport\n\nCordova: $1.09 million to the Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport from the Federal Aviation Administration\n\nVenetie: $22,000 to the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government for the Arctic Village Airport\n\nNenana: $22,000 to the Nenana Municipal Airport\n\nAnaktuvuk: $32,000 to Anaktuvuk Pass Airport\n\nKlawock: $1,063,974 for the Klawock Airport\n\nFairbanks: $6.36 million to the Fairbanks International Airport\n\nSitka: $1.65 million to the 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