AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoDefense Procurement: BAE Systems has finished delivering 19 Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicles to the U.S. military, including the Vermont National Guard’s Army Mountain Warfare School—its first CATV delivery—plus units tied to Alaska’s Arctic Region Test Center as the Army targets 487 vehicles. Local Education & Real Estate: Fairbanks North Star Borough approved a Pearl Creek Steam Charter School lease ordinance for an old Auburn Drive building, but only after the charter secures its contract amid an ongoing legal fight with the school district; the borough also set aside $268,000 for maintenance. Air Quality Planning: Alaska DEC is weighing a split of the Fairbanks/North Pole nonattainment area, and local FAST Planning officials are assessing how it could shift federal highway funding priorities. Maritime & Jobs: JAG Ketchikan LLC won a $99.6 million NOAA contract for modernization of the Henry B. Bigelow, adding major backlog for the Ketchikan Shipyard. Corporate Finance: NexGold Mining granted 18,181 deferred share units to a new independent director; the company also highlights Alaska assets including its Niblack copper-gold-zinc-silver project. Public Health & Travel: A norovirus outbreak has sickened more than 120 passengers and crew aboard Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess, prompting sanitation monitoring and expanded disinfection.
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