JUNEAU, Alaska, March 16 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued its decision on a Federal Subsistence Board appeal today, in which the State of Alaska challenged the Board's authority to open an emergency hunting season near Kake and to close portions of Unit 13 to non-federally-qualified hunters. The Court's decision recognizes that Alaska can seek judicial review of federal overreach o  more

BURBANK, California, March 14 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: * * * THURSDAY, MARCH 30 10:01-11:00 p.m. EDT - ALASKA DAILY: "Most Reckless Thing I've Ever Done" (111) (Season Finale) Logline: With rumors of a new Alaskan newspaper swirling, the team investigates their competition and what it means for the future of local news. Meanwhile, Eileen and Roz listen to Gloria's final call and find their lead before an innocent man is put away. (TV-14) Watch ep  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 17 (TNSjou) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * A new study shows that US maternal mortality rose more rapidly in 2021 than in 2020 and nearly doubled from pre-pandemic rates in 2019. American Indian/Alaska Native people shouldered the largest increase in pregnancy-related deaths. * * * Following the emergence of the highly contagious Delta and Omicron COVID-19 variants, pregnancy-related mortality rates in the United Sta  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 14 -- ConocoPhillips, a producer of oil and gas resources, issued the following news release: ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) welcomes the Department of the Interior's Record of Decision (ROD) on the Willow project, adopting the three core pads detailed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) preferred Alternative E. ConocoPhillips Alaska completed extensive preparations with key contractors and expects to immediately initiate gravel road construction activities. The company con  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 17 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 16, 2023: Governor Ron DeSantis and the governors of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming formed an alliance to push back against President Biden's environmental, social, corporate governance (ESG) agenda that is destabilizing the American e  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 17 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy has announced that Susan McKenzie has decided to not accept the position of Commissioner for the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. "I was so blessed to have been chosen to lead Alaska Department of Education and Early Development as Commissioner," said Susan McKenzie. "Thank you to all who encouraged me. Due to personal reasons, I've made the difficu  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 15 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: Today Interior Secretary Deb Haaland withdrew a land exchange that had been authorized in 2019 to build an 11-mile gravel road connecting the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay. Currently, when a resident in King Cove needs a medical evacuation, emergency services are dependent on good weather at the village's airstrip. The community of Cold Bay has an all-weather airport that prov  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 14 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: Today the U.S. Bureau of Land Management issued a Record of Decision approving an alternative for ConocoPhillips' Willow Project on the North Slope that permits three drill pads. In a separate move, the Biden administration announced that it will lock up millions more acres in Alaska that were specifically set aside for oil production and development. Willow is expected to create as m  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 16 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: During national Women's History Month, GCI is celebrating the women who are helping close the digital divide by building out fiber projects across the Last Frontier. In 2020, GCI launched the Aleutians Fiber Project to bring fiber connectivity to 12 of the most remote communities in the nation. For GCI's Jenifer Nelson, this project, which will transform the way people work, learn and connect th  more

TUCSON, Arizona, March 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Mapping a large coastal glacier in Alaska revealed that its bulk sits below sea level and is undercut by channels, making it vulnerable to accelerated melting in an already deteriorating coastal habitat. * * * A detailed "body scan" of Malaspina Glacier, one of Alaska's most iconic glaciers, revealed that its bulk lies below sea level and is undercut by channels that may allow ocean water  more

ORONO, Maine, March 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Seth Campbell, associate professor at the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, with $1,001,174 over two prestigious grants that will fund research about Alaska and Canada glacier change and connect hundreds of low-income high school students and first-generation college students with polar research. NSF funded Campbell with $6  more