ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 1 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Yesterday, Alaska joined 20 other states in an amicus brief challenging the U.S. Air Force for violating the constitutional and statutory rights of airmen when it refused religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. "Service members do not surrender the right to practice their religion when they enlist or are commissioned," said Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor. "Sweeping mandate  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 28 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: Unpredictable. It's a word that often describes many aspects of living in the Aleutians, whether you're talking about the weather, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, where the king crab are hiding, or whether your flight to Anchorage will take off on time - or at all. That's why GCI has partnered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for well over a decade to add predictability to air tra  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 29 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: GCI, Alaska's largest telecommunications company, today announced it had completed a comprehensive review of its infrastructure in all communities impacted by the severe storm that lashed coastal communities from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to Alaska's North Slope earlier this month. The findings indicate, despite significant flooding that temporarily took two communities complet  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2022: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today signed Administrative Order No. 340 creating the Office of Energy Innovation to address the evolving energy needs of Alaska. The A.O. is issued amid recent destabilizing global events that have illustrated the importance of energy independence and with recognition of the positive economic impacts that come from domestic energy production. The Office of  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 30 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: GCI, Alaska's largest telecommunications company, has made the final subsea fiber splice for its AU-Aleutians Fiber Project. The final splice connects each slender strand of fiber into GCI's existing fiber optic infrastructure in Kodiak, linking the new network backbone to the rest of the world. The major project milestone marks the completion of the deployment of more than 800 miles of subsea   more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Sept. 28 (TNSpar) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news: A collaboration between New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center and three other universities has produced Mesas to Mountains, an effort to support underrepresented businesses in New Mexico, Alaska, Idaho and Montana. Through a $150,000 award from the 2021 Small Business Innovation Research Catalyst prize competition, administered by the United States Small Business Administration, Arrowhe  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA's field research in Alaska shows how predators drive evolutionary responses in prey * * * In the wilderness of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, where massive moose tread along untamed shorelines, researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington are studying the evolution of a microscopic creature. Matt Walsh, associate professor of biology, and his students are document  more