...millions in federal funds to rural improvement projects in Alaska. Cannelos, who starts work in October, replaces Jeff Staser as the full-time head of the seven-member commission. Cannelos is familiar with rural Alaska issues, having served...
...White House has explicitly supported the panel created by Sen. Ted Stevens to address basic needs in rural Alaska. Jeff Staser, the commission's federal co-chairman and chief executive officer, said that's a major breakthrough and a major...
...White House has explicitly supported the panel created by Sen. Ted Stevens to address basic needs in rural Alaska. Jeff Staser, the commission's federal co-chairman and chief executive officer, said that's a major breakthrough and a major...
...receive $20 million in initial funding from the federal government. Its eventual budget could be substantially higher. Jeff Staser will leave his job as a legislative aide to Stevens to be co-chairman and the administrative head of the commission...
...For the first time, the commission also would get money to train rural residents for jobs in their communities. Jeff Staser, co-chairman of the Denali Commission, said it has been training villagers to work on the projects the commission...
...receive $20 million in initial funding from the federal government. Its eventual budget could be substantially higher. Jeff Staser will leave his job as a legislative aide to Stevens to be co-chairman and the administrative head of the commission...
...sustainability of community facilities and services appears unlikely," the proposed policy states. Commission co-chairman Jeff Staser said the plan, which is open for public comment through mid-August and could be adopted in September, merely codifies...
...federal officials and appointees. The state co-chairman is Lt. Gov. Loren Leman and the federal co-chairman is Jeff Staser, a former Stevens aide. Other members include University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton and AFL-CIO Executive...
...the greatest number of Alaskans" and grant-seekers must demonstrate that the projects have a viable future, said Jeff Staser, federal co-chairman of the commission. "Everybody has to meet standards of sustainability," Staser said...
...mayor. Drue Pearce, former state senator from Anchorage and a special assistant to Interior Secretary Gale Norton. Jeff Staser, former aide to Sen. Ted Stevens and co-chairperson of the Denali Commission. Ben Stevens, state senator and son...
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