WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed federal charges brought against an Alaska man who allegedly threatened a Florida sheriff who spoke out about antisemitism in that state. Joshua Wahl, 31, reportedly emailed a threat to Michael Chitwood, the sheriff of Volusia County, Fla., and p  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 26 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: NOAA Fisheries announced today that it intends to expand critical habitat protections in Alaska for the North Pacific right whale. If finalized, the action will help protect the most endangered whale population in the world. In July 2022 NOAA Fisheries announced a review of the whale's critical habitat in Alaska, responding to a petition submitted in March of 2022 by the Cent  more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: Wildlife Conservation Society scientists led an initial assessment of concentrations of "forever chemicals" in the filets of fish species harvested by Indigenous and rural residents of Arctic Alaska. The researchers described their results as "encouraging" in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry because they were below levels of concern. The chemicals, known as PFAS (per-   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The National Association of Federally Impacted Schools issued the following news release: The National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS) has recognized Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) with the NAFIS Golden Champion Award. This award, which was presented during the NAFIS 50th anniversary celebration at the 2023 NAFIS Fall Conference, acknowledges the leadership that recipients have shown in strengthening and protecting the Impact Aid Program over the cou  more