ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, Bryan D. Schroder, issued the following news release: On Monday, June 1, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI will participate in a statewide telephone town hall, hosted by AARP, to protect Alaskans from COVID-19 fraud. Together, the two offices will share resources and take questions to prevent Alaskans from falling victim to scams and other schemes attempting to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic. From Jan. 1-April 15, t  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, May 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release: Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, approved the recommended plan for navigation improvements at the Port of Nome during a signing event today in Washington, D.C. With the completion of the Chief's Report for the Port of Nome Modification Feasibility Study, the proposal advance  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 25 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release: Due to the uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the unique challenges those are creating for the agency, NOAA Fisheries took the unprecedented step to cancel five of six large scale research surveys in federal waters off Alaska in 2020. The cancelled surveys include the Aleutian Islands bottom trawl survey, the eastern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey, the north  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the availability of $5 million in Fiscal Year 2020 competitive grant funding to support transit services for American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages in rural areas. FTA's Tribal Transit Program (https://www.transit.dot.gov/tribal-transit) is authorized by Congress to suppo  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service's unit - Alaska Region - issued the following news release: The USDA Forest Service - Alaska Region, Wildlife Forever and Bass Pro Shops are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Alaska Fish Art Contest(R). The 2020 National Fish Art Contest received over 5,000 entries from 47 states and 32 international countries. Seventeen entries were submitted by young Alaskan artists. The Wildlife Forever Art of Conserv  more