ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 11 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Undaunted by a pandemic, global supply chain issues, chronic Southwest Alaska weather delays, ferocious seas and remote distances, Alaska telecommunications provider GCI met its ambitious deadline and launched 2 gig (2,000 Mbps!) internet service in Unalaska late last year. Unalaska is the first of 12 communities slated to receive urban-level internet speeds through GCI's AU-Aleu  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 8 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: GCI's recently formed employee-led PRIDE business resource group (BRG) is amplifying LGBTQ2+ voices within the company. The group, open to all GCI employees, is reinforcing a working culture where every LGBTQ2+ employee is welcome, heard and comfortable expressing their individuality in the workplace. The PRIDE BRG is a key part of GCI's overall Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program, which  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 11 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following statement on Feb. 10, 2023: * * * Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued the following statement today regarding the unidentified object shot down this morning over Alaskan waters. "Today's announcement by the Pentagon that an unidentified object was shot down by an F-22 from Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson over Alaska's coastline raises serious national security concerns that should concern every American. I want to   more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 9 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2023: Today Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced three public safety bills as part of the People First Initiative. The trio of bills will fight overdose related deaths, protect victims of sex trafficking, prosecute traffickers, and tighten up the sex offender registry statutes. SB 66 (HB 68) will provide greater legal protection to victims of sex trafficking, increase penalties for traffickers, an  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 8 (TNSpp) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The vast expanses of ice found in the Earth's polar regions may seem like an inhospitable wasteland devoid of life. But if you look closely, and in the right places, you'll find a plethora of microorganisms eking out a living in awe-inspiring ways, according to Montana State University researcher Christine Foreman. Foreman, who has conducted 11 seasons of fieldwork in Antarctica plus one in Greenlan  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Briana Doering, a University of Wyoming assistant professor of archaeology, has been honored for her research regarding the circumstances surrounding the migration of Dene/Athabascan people from Alaska and the Yukon to as far south as Arizona some 1,500 years ago. Doering received the Tubingen Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology Prize from Germany's University of Tubingen. The distinction hono  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 7 (TNSsro) -- The Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission issued the following letter (No. TV230072) on Feb. 6, 2023: * * * To: All Alaska Thru Van, INC, PO BOX 389666, Seattle, WA 98138-9666 RE: TV230072 - Cancellation of Permit HG062240 Due To Insufficient Proof of Insurance Dear All Alaska Thru Van, INC: On January 6, 2023, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (Commission) notified you that your transportation permit would be c  more