Left – Right, President of the Village of Kwigillingok, Johnny Friend, joins Tasha Deardorff, Matt Dixon, Jonathan Adelstein and Jim Nordlund at a site where RAVG funded a flush, tank and haul upgrade for a village home.

In what was some of the most beautiful weather Southwest Alaska had seen recently, USDA Administrator Jonathan Adelstein joined the USDA-Rural Development Alaska team to tour several rural communities including Manokotak, New Stuyahok, Kasigluk and Kwigillingok and Pitkas Point.  The site tours were part of viewing Rural Alaska Village Grant (RAVG) program projects USDA helped fund over the past few years. Read more »