BURBANK, California, Feb. 14 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: * * * THURSDAY, MARCH 2 10:01-11:00 p.m. EST - Alaska Daily: "Enemy of the People" (107) Logline: The stakes are high when Concerned Citizen targets Eileen at gunpoint and takes her hostage in the newsroom. As the clock ticks, the team races to help before it's too late. (TV-14, V) (TV-14, V) Watch episodes on demand and on Hulu the day following their premieres. * * * Original text here: ht  more

BURBANK, California, Feb. 18 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: THURSDAY, MARCH 9 10:01-11:00 p.m. EST - Alaska Daily: "Tell a Reporter Not to Do Something and Suddenly It's a Party" (108) Logline: As the team grapples with the incident's aftermath, they support one another as the daily grind continues and bleak budgets loom for the paper. Meanwhile, new discoveries surrounding Gloria's death highlight leads that could reclassify the case. (TV-PG, L) Watch   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 17 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: The State of Alaska filed a complaint yesterday against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) asking a U.S. District Court to vacate the critical habitat designations for ringed and bearded seals. The area designated for the two seal species is much larger than the state of Texas and includes approximately 324,105 square miles of coastal waters along the North Slope and the adjacent Ou  more

ITHACA, New York, Feb. 17 (TNSjou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: A Cornell-led study is the first to report national, annual rates of sheltered homelessness over time across race and ethnicity and finds "staggering" disparities, showing Black and Indigenous Americans are far more likely to experience homelessness than other groups. From 2007 to 2017, the lowest rate of homelessness among Black Americans - nearly 1.4% - was more than four times the highest prevalence for whit  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, Feb. 15 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: About 40 percent of interior Alaska is underlain by ice-rich permafrost - permanently frozen grounds made up of soil, gravel and sand - bound together by ice. Certain conditions, such as climate warming, have intensified tundra wildfires which have profound implications for permafrost thaw. Surface vegetation plays a dominant role in pr  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 15 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: Becoming a parent is a wonderful and often overwhelming experience. GCI, Alaska's largest telecommunications company and one of the state's biggest employers, aims to make that challenge a little easier. GCI's recently launched parental leave policy provides up to four weeks of paid leave to care for and bond with a newborn or newly adopted child. The policy applies to either parents and includes  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 15 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2023: Today Governor Mike Dunleavy issued Administrative Order 343 to address unprecedented workforce shortages in state jobs by removing the requirement of a four-year college degree for most state jobs. "The State of Alaska is not the immune from the nationwide labor shortage," said Governor Mike Dunleavy. "Today people can gain knowledge, skills and abilities through on the job experience.  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 16 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2023: Today Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced bills to increase access to Alaska's geothermal resources and to cut red tape related to a specific insurance requirement that hinders large scale infrastructure projects. HB74/SB69 removes obstacles for exploration and development of Alaska's geothermal resources. Technological advances have made lower-temperature geothermal energy commercially v  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 16 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2023: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced $117 million in total Undesignated General Fund (UGF) Amendments as part of a package of budget amendments introduced to the Legislature today. "Today's amended budget proposal reflects that we are listening and responding to Alaskans in real-time," said Governor Dunleavy. "This budget will fortify that effort by adding resources to the Office of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- George Washington University issued the following news: A multi-institutional effort is underway that aims to design and implement new ways of better predicting, mitigating and responding to wildfires in Alaska. The FIREWALL Project, co-led by researchers at the George Washington University, is part of a four-year multidisciplinary national effort to improve wildfire resiliency in Alaska and to create resources that can be applied in other parts of the world and   more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 18 (TNSres) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Brandon Varilek, assistant professor in South Dakota State University's College of Nursing, has received a grant to study palliative care use, kidney transplant rates, and explore survival statistics among American Indians with end-stage renal disease caused by diabetes. Varilek received National Institutes of Health subaward funding for $55,688 through the Center for American Indian and Alask  more

LOGAN, Utah, Feb. 17 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: Real life, unlike most stories we tell, tends to get messy. Take the Kenai River Fishery, where a complex web of people and environment is being pushed to its limits. At the center is an icon of Alaska's culture and economy teetering on the edge of extinction: the king salmon. The Kenai River, located just south of Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula, is the most popular sport fishing destination in the state. It is  more