JUNEAU, Alaska, June 30 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor filed a lawsuit against seven corporations and eight individuals who operated a fraudulent timeshare exit scheme that defrauded elderly Alaskan consumers. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants promised to get consumers out of their timeshare contracts in exchange for large upfront payments, often in excess of $10,000, but then failed to follow through on the  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, June 30 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: Governor Mike Dunleavy has appointed Kim Kovol as acting commissioner of the new Alaska Department of Family and Community Services. The new department will commence operations on Friday, July 1, 2022. Governor Dunleavy's Executive Order 121 divided the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services into two new departments, the Alaska Department of Health (DOH) and the Alaska   more

JUNEAU, Alaska, June 28 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following statement on June 27, 2022: * * * Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued the following statement today following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on expression of religious acts. "This is a significant decision for the First Amendment, freedom of religion, and the people of Alaska," said Governor Dunleavy "this opinion reaffirms the rights of U.S. Citizens and Alaskans to express their religion without fear of retaliat  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, July 1 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed the FY23 state operating and capital budgets into law. The spending plan moves Alaska into a new direction with prudent and fiscally responsible investments in public safety, public education, the University of Alaska, and infrastructure projects that create jobs and economic development. It accomplishes all that while saving $1.6 billion dollars of the budget surplus   more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 29 (TNSpol) -- The University of Alaska issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: The FY23 State of the Alaska budget that Governor Dunleavy released today marks a turning point in support for the University of Alaska system, being the first operating budget increase in several years. "The budget provides financial stability for the UA system essential for our universities to focus on key state needs, and to address student demand for accessible, affordable, h  more

LA JOLLA, California, June 28 (TNSres) -- The University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography issued the following news: * * * High school students from Sitka, Alaska receive mentorship from Scripps scientists in researching soundscapes in marine ecosystems * * * A group of bright young minds from Alaska recently traveled to San Diego to present various topics in a research symposium, held at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. From narwhal whistles to  more

ROCKLIN, California, June 28 (TNSper) -- Sierra College issued the following news release: At the June Sierra College board meeting the Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Karen Davis O'Hara as the new Executive Dean of the Sierra College Nevada County Campus (NCC). Dr. Davis O'Hara comes to Sierra College after more than 20 years at California State University, Sacramento as a faculty member in the Department of Child Development and as a successful administrator in the College of Education, servi  more

NEW YORK, June 29 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release: * HBO has given a series order to drama series TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY, from showrunner/writer/director/executive producer Issa Lopez. Jodie Foster and Kali Reis will star, with Foster also executive producing. This next installment of "True Detective" will be filmed in Iceland. * Logline: When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the six men that operate the Tsalal Arctic Res  more