WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: KODIAK, Alaska Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland wrapped a multi-day visit to Washington and Alaska where he highlighted the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to honoring its trust and treaty responsibilities to Tribal Nations and supporting Indian Country through President Biden's Investing in America agenda. With transformative funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 23, 2024, entitled "Alaska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024": * * * Alaska had 26,000 job openings in June 2024, compared to 25,000 openings in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Alaska was 7.2 per  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 20, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $25.5 million in grants through a new program to support drinking water systems in underserved, small, and disadvantaged communities while reducing impacts of climate change. This is the first time EPA is awarding funding under the Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability grant prog  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: Today, August 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $25.5 million in grants through a new program to support drinking water systems in underserved, small, and disadvantaged communities while reducing impacts of climate change. This is the first time EPA is awarding funding under the Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program, with the 16  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Atlanta (August 21, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $25.5 million in grants through a new program to support drinking water systems in underserved, small, and disadvantaged communities while reducing impacts of climate change. This is the first time EPA is awarding funding under the Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program, with the 16 inaugu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in certain jurisdictions in the State of Alaska for the Aug. 20 primary election. The department will assign federal observers to monitor in Bethel Census Area, Dillingham Census Area, Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area and North Slope Borough, Alaska. The federal observers, permitted   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: On August 26, Dr. Alix LaFerriere will become the deputy director for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Program. The deputy director assists the division director in management of fiscal, personnel, facilities, ship resources, and coordination of division research. "Alix is a perfect fit for this position," said Lyle Britt, division director  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: NOAA Fisheries scientists attribute the abrupt collapse of snow crab in Alaska to borealization, or an ecological shift from Arctic to sub-Arctic conditions in the southeastern Bering Sea due to human-caused climate change. Cold-adapted species like snow crab are well suited to Arctic conditions. However, when borealization occurs, the ecosystem shifts to subarctic conditions that are less co  more