After next Friday the Tanana Chiefs Conference Building will have a new name. A ceremony will be held re-christening the building the Chief Peter John Tribal Building. Peter John is a traditional Athabaskan chief from Minto. His name had been attached to what is now called the Chena River Convention Center. When it was decided that those who rent the convention center can have alcohol in the building, John insisted his name be removed.
Alcohol abuse is a great concern in rural Alaska's native communities.
Determined to honor John, the Tanana Chiefs Conference has decided to attach his name to TCC's Fairbanks headquarters. Workers were placing the first letters this week. A ceremony honor Chief Peter John and the renaming of the building is scheduled for Friday August 11. back to top State Financial Aid Reporting Loans to Credit Bureaus AP News Wire Officials with the state's student loan program plan to take another step next month to crack down on some 37,500 borrowers who are late or who simply aren't making their payments. For the first time in the program's decades-long history, the delinquent borrowers will be reported to credit bureaus. Having delinquent loans on their credit reports will make it harder for them to borrow money nationwide.