EIELSON AFB, Alaska, April 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Carson Jeney The 354th Civil Engineer Squadron received their fourth Balchen-Post award for excellence on March 6, 2024, for maintaining Eielson's flightline throughout the winter season. Established in 1976, the award is based off evaluations of snow and ice control plans and pre and post snow season briefs. The award panel also takes into account tasks and accomplishm  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 10 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news on April 9, 2024: Today Governor Mike Dunleavy released the results from a statewide public opinion poll on education in Alaska. The poll revealed strong support for increasing education funding, yet as a general approach to improving education outcomes, Alaskans believe that "change and reforms to the education system" are more important than "increasing education funding" by a margin of 1.7-to-1. While 77% of   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Department of Education releases new state-by-state numbers showing the effect of four major discharge program proposals for the 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for relief The Biden-Harris Administration today released initial details of a new set of plans that would provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. The plans would bring the total   more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District Office is seeking public input on its draft business plan to modify existing fees at the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site. The district is proposing to increase fees for day-use, campground, and group facilities. These fee increases are being proposed to meet growing maintenance needs due to increased visitation  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. During the July to September 2014 period, passengers originating in Cincinnat  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on April 8, 2024, by Office on Violence Against Women Principal Deputy Director Allison Randall at the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma Conference: * * * Good morning and mahalo nui loa for having me here today. It's an honor to be with all of you at such a profoundly trauma-informed gathering. Thank you to Sandi Capuano Morrison, Bob Geffner and everyone at the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Tra  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Alaska and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm, flooding, and landslides on November 20, 2023. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Alaska to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm, flooding and landslides on Nov. 20, 2023. Public Assistance federal funding is available to the state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, April 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Carson Jeney Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi visited Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 6, 2024. Kendall, Allvin, and Flosi spoke with Airmen from the 354th Fighter Wing and saw their progress on Agile Combat Employment despite challenges from the Arctic envir  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: Scientists, technologists, military members, and Department of Defense civilians attended the first United States Army Pacific Requirements Summit at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, from March 26 to 28, 2024. The purpose of the Requirements Summit is to create a unity of effort between operational units, the science and technology community, requirements developers, experimentation plann  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Hurt American Workers While Rigging the Economy for Big Corporations and the Wealthy State-by-state analysis shows how the Republican Study Committee budget would gut job training and workforce development programs that strengthen our economy and create pathways to good jobs President Biden is building our economy from the middle out and bottom up--an economy where we in  more