WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 1 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Capt Dylan Bechen, Air Force Institute of Technology The 773d Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint-Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska hosted instructors from the Air Force Institute of Technology's Civil Engineer School on 26-30 June for an onsite offering of the Requirements and Optimization Course (WMGT 436). Capt. Dylan Bechen and Robert Rucinski led the class of 23 enlisted, officer and civil  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a prerelease webinar Sept. 13 to discuss the 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A (Detailed DHC-A) to be released to the public on Sept. 21. This product provides population counts and sex by age statistics for approximately 1,500 detailed racial and ethnic groups, such as German, Lebanese, Jamaican, Chinese, Native Hawaiian and Mexican, and d  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2023: Today the U.S. EPA announced that three Alaska Native Corporations were selected to receive $2.5 million in grant funding to assess and clean up legacy contamination on lands conveyed through the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. This funding, championed by Senator Lisa Murkowski, is the first funding awarded from the $20 million appropriated by Congress this year to a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following order (WC Dockets No. 10-90; 14-58; 09-197; 16-271, RM-11868) on Aug. 30, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Connect America Fund: A National Broadband Plan for Our Future High-Cost Universal Service Support; ETC Annual Reports and Certifications; Telecommunications Carriers Eligible to Receive Universal Service Support; Connect America Fund - Alaska Plan; Expanding Broadband Service Throu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued the following financial institution letter (No. FIL-44-2023) on Aug. 28, 2023: The FDIC has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Alaska affected by flooding. Statement of Applicability: The contents of, and material referenced in, this FIL apply to all FDIC-supervised financial institutions. Highlights: * Flooding caused significan  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force, in partnership with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, reached a critical milestone Aug. 31, in piloting advanced nuclear energy technology with the issuance of the Notice of Intent to Award a contract to Oklo Inc. Oklo Inc. will site, design, construct, own and operate a micro-reactor facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The noti  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2023: The National Park Service (NPS) announced $603,149 in grants today for 10 projects across the country to support the protection of America's Native cultures. "These grants help the National Park Service work with American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native organizations to preserve their cultural heritage and reconnect people with their traditions of the past that  more

KODIAK, Alaska, Aug. 31 -- The Naval Postgraduate School issued the following news: During a seven-week Arctic transit aboard the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB 20), researchers from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) will study the impact of the extreme environment on crew performance and potential mitigations, as well as advanced Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies in adverse sea conditions. The studies, which commenced with Healy's departure from Kodiak, Alaska on Aug.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Regional Office issued the following agency statement on Aug. 28, 2023: * * * On Thursday, August 24, 2023, NOAA Fisheries and the Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network received a report that a vessel may have struck a whale. In response, NOAA Fisheries biologists and staff from the Office of Law Enforcement traveled to Favorite Channel and photo documented and identified all humpback whales swimming in the ar  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska, Aug. 31 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: At 4:50 a.m. (AKST), the Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Region, in support of NORAD, positively identified and tracked two Tu-142 Russian maritime patrol aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. The Russian aircraft, which are currently operating in international airspace, have not entered United States or Canadian sovereign airspac  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: A captain's decision to navigate close to shore in an area with uncharted rocks led to the grounding and capsizing of a fishing vessel in Alaska last year, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The fishing vessel Challenger struck a submerged rock while fishing for salmon along the shore of Kodiak Island, Alaska on Aug. 7, 2022. The Challenger began taking on more wate  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Senior Airman Megan Estrada, 354th Fighter Wing 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 focused heavily on the interoperability and use of 5th Generation ai  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Quatasia Carter, 673rd Air Base Wing Public Affairs Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152, of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, entered Exercise Red Flag-Alaska 23-3 last week at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, supporting joint air-to-air refueling combat tactics over the Joint Pacific-Alaska Range Complex. During Red Flag, VMGR 152 trained with the U.S. N  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service announced it will invest $16.2 million to restore forests across tribal, state and private lands. These funded projects mark the first time the Forest Service will make Landscape Scale Restoration program grants directly available to federally recognized Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations to restore priority forest   more