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News Tipoffs - Alaska Editors Newsletter for Sunday April 28, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Infantry Week: Elite Soldiers Vied for Victory, Battlefield Brilliance
FORT BENNING, Georgia, April 27 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Moore issued the following news: By Meghan Kirby Competitors from the U.S. Army, sister services, and partner nations gathered at Fort Moore to showcase their lethality and expertise in a series of combat-readiness events spanning four separate competitions hosted by the Maneuver Center of Excellence, April 5-15, 2024. "All these events ensure our Soldiers are fit, inspired, disciplined, trained, and ready for the rigor of combat," said   more

Ky. U.S. Attorney's Office Commemorates Sexual Assault Awareness Month
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, April 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Kentucky joined the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) and the Department of Justice as a whole, as well as advocates, survivors, victim service providers, justice professionals, police and first responders, and communities across the U.S., in observing April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).   more

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: $7.5M More in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Support Salmon and Communities
WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: Efforts to remove salmon migration barriers in Alaska will receive an additional $7.5 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funds. These funds build on prior BIL investments in 2022 and 2023 (and years-long collaboration between many partners) to restore fish passage and protect Alaska communities from flooding where roads cross streams. This most recent round  more