JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Joint Base San Antonio American Indian Heritage Committee hosted the dance exhibition in front of the Taj Mahal at JBSA-Randolph, Sept. 26. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed House Bill 174 in 2013, officially designating the last Friday in September as American Indian Heritage Day. According to the act, the day recognizes the historic, cultur  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of July 2024 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, and mishandled wheelchairs and scooters. The ATCR is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by airlines. For July 2024, 2.9% of flights were cancelled,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior and the Justice Department on Thursday convened a roundtable discussion with Tribal representatives, advocates, members of the media, and survivors to discuss how media coverage can be improved when reporting on the crisis of missing or murdered Indigenous peoples (MMIP) and human trafficking (HT). The virtual roundtable was organized as part of the federal response to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: The Justice Department announced yesterday more than $86.16 million in grants administered by the Tribal Affairs Division within the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to American Indian and Alaska Native communities to support survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. The grants provided through the Violence Against Women Act (VA  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: An Accidental Oyster Farmer On Alaska's Kodiak Island, in a nested bay, surrounded by green mountains, lies the city of Larsen Bay, population 34. It's in this remote community that Erik O'Brien was raised, fishing for salmon and spending time on the water. It's also where his farm, Kodiak Ocean Bounty, grows millions of oysters annually. "Kodiak Island is a marine economy," said O'Brien. "  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: In 2024, the NOAA Alaska Regional Office and the Alaska Fisheries Science Center continued supporting Alaska's aquaculture industry. Aquaculture, the process of growing organisms in the ocean, is a relatively young commercial industry that is poised for rapid growth in Alaska. Alaska's aquaculture industry consists of seaweed and invertebrate farming, with oysters, mussels, sugar, ribbon, and  more