ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release: A Minto woman was recently sentenced for embezzling money from the Native Village of Minto while employed in a position of trust. According to court documents, Melanie Gail Titus, 52, was employed as the bookkeeper for the Minto Village Council, which is the federally recognized native governing body for the Native Village of Minto. Starting in January 2015, the defend  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, July 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District prepared a new feasibility report and environmental assessment for navigational improvements at Akutan Harbor on Akun Island and is seeking public comment on the draft document. USACE proposes to construct a harbor on the island to accommodate vessels with a length of up to 58 feet and a draft of eight  more

SEATTLE, Washington, July 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $5,681,921 Lead Service Line Inventory grant to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The grant comes through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and will be used to conduct lead service line inventory of 269 public water systems designated as Tribal or Small Disadvantaged systems. The Bipartisan In  more

DAHLGREN, Virginia, July 6 -- The Naval Surface Warfare Center, a naval laboratory and field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command, issued the following news: By Madeline Keenan, NSWCDD Corporate Communications "Nothing goes as planned, even when you go in with a plan. Everything changes whether that's on our end or above us," said Mission Analysis Branch head Kendra Miller of the Warfare Analysis and Digital Modeling Department. "That is always a challenge." Miller had the opportunity to  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Habitat Conservation issued the following news: * * * In 2023, a series of expeditions will help NOAA and partners to better understand the diversity and extent of ecologically important seafloor communities in the Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska. * * * This summer and early fall, teams led by NOAA Ocean Exploration aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer will voyage off the coast of Alaska. They wil  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 6 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on July 3, 2023. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. This Russian activity in the Alaska ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a t  more