ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging an Anchorage man with possession of fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and multiple firearms. According to the indictment, Paul Thomas Baldwin Jr., 32, possessed with the intent to distribute over 40 grams of fentanyl and 100 grams of heroin in September 2022. Between March 22 and April 21, 2023, he again po  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, May 26 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Shelimar Rivera-Rosado, JBER Public Affairs Northern Edge 23-1, a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command sponsored, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) led, multilateral, joint field training exercise, kicked off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on May 4, 2023. This exercise provided the opportunity to test the capabilities of the Air Transportable Clinic-Establish (ATC-EST),   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 27 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 26, 2023, entitled "Alaska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - March 2023": * * * Alaska had 27,000 job openings in March 2023, compared to 28,000 openings in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Alaska was 7.  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 (TNSconf) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: The U.S. Census Bureau is holding a webinar before the release of two new embargoed data products: the Selected Population Tables and American Indian and Alaska Native Tables from the 2017-2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data. The webinar is scheduled for June 8, and the embargo is to begin June 13 with public release June 15. The webinar will show participants how to access data in data.censu  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: * * * Attributable to Pentagon Spokesman Eric Pahon: Yesterday in Alaska, Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright to meet with service-members, commanders, and visit support facilities on both bases to gain a deeper understanding of the unique quality-of-life needs of related to Arctic service. She also received operational updates   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: * * * Attributable to Pentagon Spokesman Eric Pahon: Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, today to gain a deeper understanding of the quality-of-life issues facing servicemembers stationed in the Arctic, receive operational updates, and visit the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies. Throughout the day, the Deputy Secretar  more

SEATTLE, Washington, May 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: * * * EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $11,800,000 from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of seven brownfield sites in Alaska while advancing environmental justice. Alaska's comm  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Regional Office issued the following news: * * * The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has recently taken several actions in Wild Fish Conservancy v. Quan (the Southeast Alaska salmon fishery case). * * * The Wild Fish Conservancy v. Quan (the Southeast Alaska salmon fishery case) involves a challenge to a 2019 biological opinion that analyzes two actions related to salmon fishing in Southeast  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office issued the following news on May 25, 2023: * * * The Audubon Society of Rhode Island and the New Bedford Whaling Museum teams join NOAA Fisheries, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in sponsoring Whale SENSE. * * * Whale watching companies across New England, the mid-Atlantic, and Alaska are continuing to join and participa  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on May 23, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $34 million in funding to advance clean energy technology in 18 American Indian and Alaska Native communities. This funding will strengthen tribal communities by supercharging their access to solar power and microgrids, increasing energy security and resilience, and powering unelectrified tribal buildings. These investments bring our nation clo  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, May 26 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Shelimar Rivera Rosado, JBER Public Affairs Alaska plays an instrumental role in the United States military strategy; Gen. Billy Mitchell famously told Congress in 1935 he believed Alaska to be "the most important strategic place in the world." Ensuring the military uses this strategic placement to its fullest advantage, thousands of U.S. service members, five ships an  more