Alaska Agency Issues $25,000 Fuel Relief Checks to Three Villages(opens in a new tab)
Alaska’s AIDEA issued $25,000 relief checks to Shungnak, Ambler, and Kobuk to help cover soaring fuel costs, with funds earmarked for household fuel purchases.
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Alaska Industrial Development Authority issues $25,000 relief checks to three tiny villages amid fuel-price spike
Alaska’s Economic Development Authority (AIDEA) sent $25,000 checks to Shungnak, Ambler and Kobuk as fuel prices passed $25 per gallon. The funds for Kobuk and Ambler came from an account dedicated to a proposed mining road; Shungnak’s check was used to buy 42 gallons of fuel per household. Kobuk residents received credit for about $750 in diesel stove oil, and Ambler’s council plans how to allocate its payment.
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Anchorage Daily News Alaska Beacon As Alaska fuel costs spike, this state agency chose three tiny villages for $25,000 relief checks(opens in a new tab)
A state economic development corporation issued $25,000 relief checks to three remote Alaskan villages whose fuel prices exceeded $25 per gallon amid a global fuel price spike. Shungnak households used the aid to purchase 42 gallons of fuel each, while Kobuk’s aid was split among 33 households for about $750 of fuel credit.
