ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Alaska returned a superseding indictment adding new charges against the leader and a high-ranking member of a large-scale organized drug crime ring operating in Alaska. In January, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Alaska announced charges against 53 defendants allegedly connected to the drug trafficking enterprise. Conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, m  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1067) on May 30, 2024, entitled "Productivity by State - 2023": * * * Labor productivity in the private nonfarm sector increased in 36 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Output increased in 47 states and the District and declined in Delaware, Iowa, and South Dakota. Hours worked increased in 42 states and the District. Alaska experienced the  more

SEATTLE, May 30 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: * * * More than 18,000 Pounds Collected in the Pacific Northwest * * * DEA and its local law enforcement partners collected 670,136 pounds of unused medications during the 26th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2024. The DEA Seattle Field Division, which includes Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho, collected 18,214 poun  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Regional Office issued the following agency statement on May 31, 2024: * * * NOAA Fisheries is working diligently to complete the analyses required by the District Court under remand in the Wild Fish Conservancy litigation. Specifically, we are finalizing: 1 A Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Expenditure of Funds to Increase Prey Availability for Southern Resident Killer Whales and an ass  more