FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release: An Anchorage man was sentenced on Sept. 5 to 14 years in prison for distributing large quantities of controlled substances in Alaska. According to court documents, Darrell Latory Moss Sr, 45, sold over 1,300 grams of methamphetamine and 100 fake prescription pills containing fentanyl over a three-month period. The defendant was arrested in Bethel, Alaska, in March 20  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Bob Bolton has spent much of his career studying environmental change in Alaska. He recently moved to East Tennessee to join the ORNL-led NGEE Arctic project as deputy for operations. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Bob Bolton has spent much of his career studying environmental change in Alaska. He recently moved to East Tennessee to join the ORNL-l  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2020 Census population counts and sex-by-age statistics for 300 detailed race and ethnic groups, as well as 1,187 detailed American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) tribes and villages. These data come from the 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A (Detailed DHC-A [https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/dec/2020-census-  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 23 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded Alaska private nonprofit organizations of the Oct. 23 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by flooding that occurred May 12 - June 3. Private nonprofits that provide essential services  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department has selected 14 federally recognized Tribes to participate in the continued expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), a program that provides Tribal governments with means to access, enter, and exchange data with national crime information systems, including those maintained by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division. This anno  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) awarded nearly $12 million in grants to eight marine highway projects across the nation under the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP). The funding will improve the movement of goods along our navigable waterways and expand existing waterborne freight services in Alaska,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the appointment of Mary Fuller as Regional Director of the USPTO's Silicon Valley Regional Office (SVRO) in San Jose, California. The SVRO serves budding and current inventors and entrepreneurs in the Western Region, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. As  more

QUANTICO, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency issued the following news: Brittani Blanchard trained with the Prevention, Assistance and Response (PAR) cadre assigned to military installations across the country - including Hawaii, Alaska and Guam - for the first time and envisioned the PAR program's future impact upon U.S. military and national security. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) PAR office chie  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Communications issued the following news: * * * Extensive engagement with the recreational fishing community informed the updates to the 2015 policy. * * * NOAA Fisheries has released an updated National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy and multi-year national and regional implementation plans. They identify actionable commitments to advance our policy goals. Saltwater recreational and n  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * A government-industry survey is helping fill in the gaps on rockfish distribution and abundance in areas where standard government research gear can't sample. * * * This is the third year of a successful pilot project in the Gulf of Alaska. NOAA Fisheries scientists, academic scientists at Alaska Pacific University's FAST lab, and rockfish fi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * NOAA Fisheries is analyzing data collected from killer whale incidental catches in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish trawl fisheries and in its annual longline survey for sablefish and groundfish this year. * * * NOAA Fisheries monitors and evaluates bycatch of protected species in commercial fishing gear through a multi-stage proces  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska is proud to announce that the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) awarded over $3.3 million in grants to the Alaska Department of Public Safety to improve criminal records systems. OJP awarded roughly $1.8 million through the FY2023 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Act R  more

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colorado, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By John Ingle, North American Aerospace Defense Command Public Affairs Air, ground and naval forces from the United States and Canada under the authority of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command successfully completed maneuvers near Shemya, Attu and St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Sept. 10, as part of a long-planned, bi-national operation to detect, deter and safeguard a  more