KIC’s Arctic Circle Powersports recently modified five Polaris Rangers for use by Northwest Arctic Borough VPSOs, and they’re pretty awesome. The Powersports team customized the four-door machines specifically to serve as police vehicles in our Arctic climate. They will replace older, two-door machines also purchased from KIC, currently in five region villages. “These are definitely … READ MORE >
According to the U.S. Energy Information Association, renewable energy will account for a whopping one-third of new electricity generation added to the U.S. grid over the next three years. In addition to private businesses making the conversion, the federal government has been incorporating renewable-energy systems into new facilities and retrofitting existing buildings. KIC subsidiary Alaska … READ MORE >
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The landscape is virtually treeless around a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, where even summer temperatures are too cold for boreal roots to take hold. Amid these unforgiving conditions, a creative kind of farming is sprouting up in the largely Inupiat community of Kotzebue. A subsidiary of a local … READ MORE >
As anyone who has visited the 49th State knows, Alaska is huge. It’s bigger than the next three largest states, Texas, California and Montana….combined! A land of extremes, Alaska’s rural communities face unique challenges: massive stretches of land that are permanently frozen (permafrost), long, dark winters, summer days where the sun never sets, 6,640 miles … READ MORE >
Alaska Universal Services (AUS) is literally raising the roof at one of its projects in Washington, D.C. AUS is doing more than $4.4 million in renovations for this fiscal year, with another $4 million planned for next year. The project, at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, a … READ MORE >
When KIC subsidiary Alaska Universal Services LLC (AUS) won a contract to upgrade two legacy office buildings on a military base in Hawaii, it took on much more than a standard roofing job. Called “WAAF 104” and “WAAF 105,” the properties’ generic names belie their historical significance. The buildings are historic properties built in the … READ MORE >
Jeffrey Hicks brings to Kikiktagruk Iñupiat Corporation’s newest 8(a) subsidiary a proven background in strategic business development. Jeffrey is president and CEO of Midnight Sun Technologies (MST), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kikiktagruk Iñupiat Corporation. Jeffrey is instrumental in establishing the technological and commercialization roadmap for both federal and commercial markets. Entrepreneurial-minded, with a clear … READ MORE >
