JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Aneta Veedmont, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently launched a large-scale soil washing effort to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl, or PFAS, pollutants at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The $27.6 million military construction-funded project is led by a joint team from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center and   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Aneta Veedmont, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently launched a large-scale soil washing effort to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl, or PFAS, pollutants at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The $27.6 million military construction-funded project is led by a joint team from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center and the U.S. Army Corp  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: A Kenai man was arrested Monday on charges of making interstate threats to kidnap and injure a current U.S. Senator. According to court documents, Arther Graham, 46, sent a web form submission to a U.S. Senator on Sept. 28, 2023, threatening to injure the Senator. Congressional staff members reported the threat to the U.S. Capitol Police and an investiga  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Today, Administrator Isabel Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, announced that the SBA has granted three new Small Business Lending Company (SBLC) licenses to lenders focused on historically underserved markets - the first expansion of the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management will host public meetings and subsistence hearings to seek input on the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Ambler Road project proposed by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA). The draft supplemental EIS released earlier this month will be  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In August 2023, job openings rates were above 7.0 percent in Alaska (10.6 percent), as well as in South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia (7.1 percent each). Among these states, the number of job openings ranged from 39,000 in Alaska to 175,000 in South Carolina. Nationally, there were 9,610,000 job openings in August, and the U.S. job openings rate  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced Givey Kochanowski as director of the Bureau's Anchorage Office. Kochanowski will oversee the responsible management of offshore energy and mineral resources on the U.S. OCS offshore Alaska, which comprises more than one billion acres adjacent to more than 6,000 miles of coastline - more co  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release: DoDEA Pacific West District Superintendent Dr. Jacob Sherwood is pleased to announce the selection of Mrs. Pamela Borgert as principal of Andersen Elementary School, located at Andersen Air Base in Guam. Mrs. Borgert is an experienced educator whose goal is to create thinking, caring, lifelong learners. She began her career in education in 1999 and has taught hundreds of mili  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last week charging three defendants with crimes connected to the murders of two women in Trapper Creek this May. According to the indictment, Heraclio Sanchez-Rodriguez, 56, Tamara Denise Bren, 41, and Kevin Glenn Peterson II, 29, engaged in a drug conspiracy and consp  more

PASADENA, California, Nov. 2 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: In Alaska's largest river delta, tundra that has been scorched by wildfire is emitting more methane than the rest of the landscape long after the flames died, scientists have found. The potent greenhouse gas can originate from decomposing carbon stored in permafrost for thousands of years. Its release could accelerate climate warming and lead to more frequent wildfires in the tundra, where blaze  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * Trends in compliance over 21 years provide insight to help build greater collaboration in support of sustainable fisheries. * * * Productive, resilient fisheries that support thriving communities and a strong blue economy are achieved through management laws and regulations. "Fisheries sustainability is only as good as compliance with the rul  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * Drawing upon diverse datasets, scientists look for patterns of change and stability in an important nearshore habitat in a data-scarce region. * * * Contrary to trends observed at lower latitudes, the kelp forests that ring the Gulf of Alaska have been remarkably stable and even increased in the past hundred years. "Over the past cent  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Nov. 2 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Special issue of Oceanography explores the lab's history and accomplishments * * * Fifty years ago, NOAA created a new environmental research laboratory in Seattle with an initial focus on water quality in Puget Sound, and environmental studies of the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea. Since then, the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory has evolved into one of th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: * * * New Licenses Mark Milestone Achievement in Biden-Harris Administration Efforts to Increase Access to Capital * * * Administrator Isabel Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, announced that the SBA has granted three new Small Business Lending Company (SBLC) license  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just announced the award of $6.4 million in Tribal Wildlife Grants to Native American and Alaska Native Tribes across 17 states. More than $1.3 million of that total will support seven federally recognized Tribes in Alaska. Tribal Wildlife Grants are intended to help federally recognized Tribes develop programs for the conservation o  more