ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: An Alaska man pleaded guilty yesterday to making interstate threats to kidnap and injure a sitting U.S. Senator. According to court documents, Arther Graham, 46, of Kenai, sent a web form submission to a U.S. Senator on Sept. 28, 2023, threatening to injure the Senator. Congressional staff members reported the threat to the U.S. Capitol Police and an inve  more

FOX, Alaska, June 27 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Justin Campfield, public affairs specialist The permafrost tunnel is getting an upgrade. A $11.4 million one, to be exact. The U.S. Army Engineer and Research Development Center (ERDC) broke ground June 25 on its new Permafrost Tunnel Operations Facility, a 4,300 square-foot building that will contribute to significant advances in permafrost engineering, geotechnical research, an  more

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, June 26 -- The U.S. Army Environmental Command issued the following news: By Thomas Milligan, U.S. Army Environmental Command The world is full of many different types of environments, just ask Robert Drumm, who has been in a few of them. From working as a fisheries inspector in the waters off Alaska, to conducting assessments in the heat and desert of Nevada's Yucca Mountain, to managing woodpecker habitat in the longleaf pine forests of the Southeastern Un  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today awarded $126.7 million through President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, New York and Ohio to address legacy pollution. Orphaned oil and gas wells are polluting backyards, recreation areas, and community spaces across the country. Many of these wells pose serious health and safety threats to the air we breathe and water we drink b  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today advanced two actions that maintain protections on Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-managed public lands in Alaska that are home to key fish and wildlife habitat, sensitive rivers and streams, and other resources that are critical to the state's subsistence economy and the way of life for Alaska Native communities. These steps build on the Biden-Harris administratio  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 25, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Alaska (5.4 percent), Idaho (5.3 percent), and Montana (5.1 percent) were among the states with the highest hires rates in April 2024. Hires rates increased over the month in 4 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases occurred in Idaho (+1.0 percentage   more

FORT GREELY, Alaska, June 26 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Brooke Nevins, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Soldiers with the 49th Missile Defense Battalion and Texas National Guard recently proved their readiness to uphold the no-fail mission of protecting Americans from long-range missile attacks during exercise Guardian Strike 24, May 6-10, 2024, at Fort Greely. Over the course of the roughly 84-hour exercise, the battalion's fire dir  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: An Alaska man pleaded guilty yesterday to making interstate threats to kidnap and injure a sitting U.S. Senator. According to court documents, Arther Graham, 46, of Kenai, sent a web form submission to a U.S. Senator on Sept. 28, 2023, threatening to injure the Senator. Congressional staff members reported the threat to the U.S. Capitol Police and an investigation was launched. "Threats o  more