ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 6 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor is joining Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and a coalition of 25 other state attorneys general in a letter to Meta demanding that Instagram stop monetizing child exploitation content. "The protection of our children from those who would prey on them is one of our most sacred responsibilities," said Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy "as is dismantling sys  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 6 -- The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities issued the following news release: The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) announces the 2022-2025 Community Transportation Program (CTP) and Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) awards. "The CTP and TAP programs enhance transportation infrastructure, promote safety, and improve connectivity across Alaska," said DOT&PF Commissioner Ryan Anderson." Community Transportat  more

KINGMAN, Arizona, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office has completed an environmental assessment and is seeking public comment on the proposed Arizona Silver Exploration US, Inc (ASE) Philadelphia Exploration Project. The proposed exploration drilling project is located approximately 7.5 miles east of Bullhead City along the west side of the Black Mountains in Mohave C  more

BOISE, Idaho, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public nominations for positions on the Idaho Resource Advisory Council (RAC). This 15-member citizen-based RAC assists in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues throughout Idaho. BLM RACs are chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Federal Policy and Lan  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on March 4, 2024: The BLM Cedar City Field Office today initiates a 30-day scoping comment period to gather public input on the Star Range Solar Development Project Environmental Assessment. The environmental assessment examines the impacts of the proposed solar energy project by 174 Power Global, a Hanwha Energy Corporation subsidiary, set to span approximately 4,288 acres in   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Ryan Smith and Noah Smith will pay $10,000 for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act at their property in Central, Alaska. In April 2021, Ryan Smith and Noah Smith cleared over five acres of wetlands adjacent to Crooked Creek using heavy equipment. The unpermitted work resulted in the moving and discharge of organic an  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 6 -- The Indianapolis International Airport issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: As the Indianapolis International Airport (IND) continues to lead the Midwest in air travel recovery among its peer airports in the region, it is announcing a list of new nonstop flights launching March through July 2024. "Some of the nonstop flights flying soon are new routes, some are resumptions and others are key schedule changes," said Mario Rodriguez, executive dir  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: The Departments of Justice and the Interior today released their joint response to the Not Invisible Act Commission's recommendations on how to combat the missing or murdered Indigenous peoples (MMIP) and human trafficking crisis. The response recognizes that more must be done across the federal government to resolve this longstanding crisis and support healing from the generational traumas  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 6 -- The National Park Service Lassen Volcanic National Park issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Roseann Worley as superintendent of Lassen Volcanic National Park. She will begin her new role in May 2024. Worley is currently serving as acting superintendent at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Washington. She has been the NPS Pacific West Region internal controls program lead since 2018. "R  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: The Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations today for applicable entities that earn certain clean energy credits and choose to make an elective payment election. For tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2022, applicable entities can choose to make an elective payment election, which will treat certain clean ene  more

PEYA LEBAR AIR BASE, Singapore, March 6 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Eric Summers Jr., Pacific Air Forces U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs participated in bilateral training with Republic of Singapore Air Force at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore for the first time March 4 - 7. The F-35s from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and RSAF F-15SBs and F-16 Fighting Falcons conducted various training scenarios to enhance trust and increase interoperability am  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 6 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes is joining a coalition of 23 other state attorneys general filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Texas in support of the state's law prohibiting pediatric gender-transition procedures. States are responsible for protecting the health and safety of their children from dangerous and experimental medical procedures. Texas' law is presumptively constitutional  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 6 (TNSres) -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a coalition of 26 other state attorneys general in a letter to Meta demanding that Instagram immediately stop monetizing child exploitation content and prohibit child-modeling accounts altogether. "Meta's negligence and lack of proper safeguards only aids and abets child exploitation. Even after Meta employees alerted  more