ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging two Wasilla men and their auto shop with conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act. According to court documents, Mackenzie Spurlock, 28, and Brendan Trevors, 26, through their business Matanuska Diesel LLC, conspired to remove required air pollution control equipment and tamper with federally mandated monito  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. CDRB-FY23-ACSO003-B0069) entitled "2022 American Community Survey Content Test Evaluation Report - Disability:" (Continued from Part 1 of 6) * * * 2 METHODOLOGY 2.1 Sample Design The 2022 ACS Content Test consisted of a national sample of roughly 120,000 housing unit addresses, excluding Puerto Rico, Alaska, and Hawaii (due to cost constraints, only stateside housing units were included). The sample was in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Regional Office issued the following news: * * * Amendment 123 balances interests of two largest halibut user groups in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Fishery Management Area. * * * NOAA Fisheries is issuing a final rule to implement Amendment 123 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. The final rule (https://www.federalregister.gov/d/20  more