WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- 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 is announcing public meetings and subsistence hearings in December to continue seeking 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  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * The quits rate (the number of quits during the entire month as a percentage of total employment) for the nation was 2.3 percent in September 2023. Thirty-six states had quits rates of 2.3 percent or higher. Among those with the highest rates were Montana (3.5 percent) and Alaska and Wyoming (3.4 percent each). * * * Chart: State quits rates, Septe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2023: On Monday, December 11, 2023, Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade Diane Farrell will join federal, state and local dignitaries and representatives for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening of the International Trade Administration's (ITA) Pacific Northwest Rural Export Center at the U.S. Commercial Service office in Boise, Idaho. The new   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release: * * * Funds will support West Coast and Alaska salmon and steelhead recovery * * * Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA are announcing the availability of up to $106 million in funding through the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) for Pacific salmon and steelhead recovery and conservation projects. This funding -- which includes funding from the   more

DENALI PARK, Alaska, Dec. 9 -- The National Park Service Denali National Park issued the following news release: The Superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined that there is adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in areas of the 1980 park additions from the Southwest Preserve to the Kahiltna Glacier and from the Kahiltna Glacier to the West Fork of the Chulitna River. The West Fork Chulitna north to Windy Creek does not have adequate co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Indian Health Service (IHS), and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have renewed a Reimbursement Agreement that will help both agencies improve the health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) veterans. The IHS-VA signed a Reimbursement Agreement on December 6, 2023, that establishes the terms for VA to reimbur  more