🌱 How a federal energy program could reshape power options in Adak
Adak, Alaska Patch AM: a 2 min readGood morning Adak! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
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- How a federal energy program could reshape power options in Adak
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Occasional rain, mainly early, with a high of 49 and low of 42 degrees.
- Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 49, low: 39.
- Sunday: Cloudy; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 48 and low of 40 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Alaska's first hybrid-electric fishing boat lowers costs, boosts ocean environment (nationalfisherman.com) — Adak is part of a select group of Alaska communities receiving federal technical help to improve local energy systems through the ETIPP program. The piece highlights how a Sitka-based fishing group is pioneering hybrid diesel-electric boats to cut fuel costs and emissions, and explains how this broader clean-energy push, backed by federal funding, extends to remote communities like Adak. 
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- Aleut Corporation posted a job opening for Mechanic/Maintenance Technician in Adak. Apply here.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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