SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Union Members in Alaska - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 14.8 percent of wage and salary workers in Alaska, compared with 16.0 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate for the s  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, March 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: By Spencer Hanson When Chief Master Sgt. Vanessa Arthur, 354th Medical Group senior enlisted leader, thinks about role models for black history month, Brian Stevenson comes to mind for his work in the Equal Justice Initiative. This organization works to free minorities that are wrongly incarcerated or reduce their sentences. He also memorializes the histor  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded two, $2 million contracts to Togiak Management Services LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, to construct bulkhead slots on the intermediate wall and river wall upstream of the miter gates in the auxiliary lock chamber at Lock and Dam 3 located in Welch, Minnesota, and Lock and Dam 9 located in Eastman, Wisconsin. The project wo  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Joe Lacdan Braving subzero temperatures, about 9,000 Soldiers clad in white camouflage gathered in Alaska for a joint, multinational exercise. Soldiers engaged in 40 training events over two weeks to prepare for combat operations in the northernmost region on Earth. During the largest multinational training exercise in the Arctic to date, called Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02, the Army simulate  more