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State Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday February 18, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Alaska Transportation & Public Facilities Dept. and Alaska Railroad Announce Pioneer Avalanche Mitigation Efforts
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 13 -- The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities issued the following news release: State agencies collaborated to achieve a major milestone in avalanche mitigation technology, with successful tests of Drone Amplified's Drone Avalanche Reduction Technology (DART). Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARCC) successfully deployed and detonated two CIL explosives on an U.S. made Unmanned Aerial  more

GCI Introduces New 'Black Leaders and Allies Championing EQuality' Business Resource Group
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 14 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: GCI's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council has announced the company's newest Business Resource Group - Black Leaders and Allies Championing eQuality (BLACQ). The new BRG's goal is to help with the professional development of its members, advancement of inclusivity at GCI, and to create a sense of belonging for GCI employees of the Black and African American community. "I have seen firs  more

University of Maine: Business Operations Affect Fishermen's Resilience to Climate Change, New Study Finds
ORONO, Maine, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Timothy Frawley has spent the better of the past two decades working in and around commercial fisheries. Born and raised in Casco Bay, Maine, he grew up packing lobsters and pitching bait on Portland's working waterfront. He has worked in commercial fisheries in California, Alaska and the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Throughout his years spent on working waterfronts, Frawley, a postdoctoral r  more