Rachel D'oro

Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Pat Pletnikoff, shows reindeer traveling on Saint George Island near the village of Saint George, Alaska. A minister on another Alaska island is leading an effort to help the impoverished Native village create a new economy with the plentiful supply of reindeer that roam its island home.

Reindeer Plant a Possible Boost

A small commercial reindeer processing plant has great potential.

Fire and police crew members work to clear the scene where a construction crane fell from a building on Google's new Seattle campus crashing down onto one of the city's busiest streets and killing multiple people on Saturday, April 27, 2019.

4 Dead After Crane Collapse

The crane struck six cars and also injured four people.

In this on March 11, 2012 file photo, Dallas Seavey pulls in to the checkpoint in Unalakleet, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. As of Friday, March 8, 2019, 51 mushers are traveling long stretches between remote village checkpoints with no other company but the dogs pulling their sleds. Their progress is monitored from several hotel rooms in Anchorage, Alaska, whose 24/7 occupants are the Iditarod’s electronic eyes and ears.

High-Tech Helps the Iditarod

Such technological additions make him feel safer — to a point.

In this March 3, 2018, file photo, Eagle River, Alaska musher Tom Schonberger's lead dogs trot along Fourth Avenue during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska. Animal rights activists are toasting the maker of Jack Daniel's whiskey, saying the company has ended its long-running sponsorship of Alaska's 1,000-mile race. The action follows a tough year for race organizers who have faced financial hardships, a loss of other sponsors and their first-ever dog doping scandal.

Jack Daniel's Ditches Iditarod

The whiskey maker says abandoning its 15-year-old sponsorship of the race had nothing to do with a PETA campaign calling it "cruel."

Peter Pan's processing facility at Port Moller, 550 miles southwest of Anchorage.

Fire at Remote Plant

The processing plant was still burning on Wednesday.

This Dec. 11, 2004 photo provided by Marlene Minnette show reindeer from the herd owned by the Native village of Mekoryuk on Alaska's Nunivak Island. The tribal government is expanding its commercial reindeer subsidiary with $1.8 million in federal grants, with plans to include sales of the meat to larger urban markets.

Fight Unemployment with Reindeer Meat

The plan is to build a new slaughterhouse with $1.8 million in federal grants and offer reindeer steaks and roasts.

In this Oct. 26, 2016 photo provided by Will Anderson, employee Joe Carr stands outside a new indoor hydroponics farm owned by a local Alaska Native corporation in Kotzebue, Alaska. Arctic Greens is harvesting kale, various lettuces, basil and other greens weekly from the soil-free system and selling them at the supermarket in the community of nearly 3,300.

Arctic Town Turns to Hydroponics for Fresh Greens

For now, the new business is operating as a prototype, especially as it enters the long, harsh winter season.