ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 23 -- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following remarks on Aug. 22, 2023, at a roundtable with the representatives of Alaska native organizations in Anchorage: * * * Thank you, Senator Murkowski, for the warm welcome to Alaska, for including me in this conversation, and for your leadership on these issues for so many years. I am grateful for the opportunity to sit down with this group of leaders today. I am joined today by the U.S. Attorney for the Dist  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 23 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on August 22, 2023, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Alaska - Fourth Quarter 2022": * * * From September 2022 to December 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Alaska were 26,232, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 22,405,  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Megan Estrada, 354th Fighter Wing Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska - After two weeks of hard work, countless take-offs and around the clock maintenance, Red Flag-Alaska 23-3 has come to a close. The exercise ran from August 14-25 with events taking place at Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. This iteration of Red Flag-Alaska   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA Individual Assistance is now available for residents in Copper River, Kuspuk, Lower Kuskokwim, Lower Yukon, and Yukon Flats Regional Educational Attendance Areas (REAAs) affected by the ice jam and snow melt flooding between May 12 and June 3, 2023. Even if you have already registered for the State of Alaska's disaster assistance program, you mus  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Alaska to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding from May 12 to June 3, 2023. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in the Copper River Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA), Kusp  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau and Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu were in Alaska this week to highlight how historic resources from President Biden's Investing in America agenda are supporting Tribal communities impacted by climate change and advancing co-stewardship and salmon conservation across the Yuk  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department announced today the awarding of $69,632,900 through 212 awards in the Department's Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside (TVSSA) program, which provides support to American Indian and Alaska Native communities across the country to enhance services for victims of crime, consistent with the requirements of the Victims of Crime Act. These awards will fund a wide range of services for crime   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Alaska and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding from May 12 to June 3, 2023. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the Copper River Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA), Kuspuk REAA, L  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Today, on her first day of a multi-city Alaska trip, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced the extension of the 8(a) Business Development Bona Fide Place of Business (BFPOB) Requirement Moratorium through September 30, 2024. The moratorium was created in 2021 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and remote work conditions in the marke  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 25 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Alaska following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of flooding that occurred May 12 - June 3, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Private nonprofits that provide essential services of a govern  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 25 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to Alaska businesses and residents as a result of President Biden's major disaster declaration, U.S. Small Business Administration's Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced. The declaration covers the Copper River REAA, Kuspuk REAA, Lower Kuskokwim REAA, Lower Yukon REAA and Yukon Flats REAA as a result of the flooding that occur  more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, Aug. 21 -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued a two-page memorandum on Aug. 9, 2023, entitled "Match of Alaska Death Information Against Social Security Administration Records:" * * * To: Gina Clemons, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Analytics, Review, and Oversight From: Michelle L. Anderson, Assistant Inspector General for Audit Subject: Match of Alaska Death Information Against Social Security Administration Records Pursuant to a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is announcing today that listing the Alexander Archipelago wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is not warranted at this time. Alexander Archipelago wolf is a subspecies of North American gray wolf. It is found along Southeast Alaska and British Columbia's coastal mainland and larger island complexes. It is gen  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 24 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on August 23, 2023, entitled "Alaska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2023": * * * Alaska had 28,000 job openings in June 2023, compared to 27,000 openings in May, 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 7.9 p  more