WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: NOAA Fisheries has released a new economic snapshot focused on the Alaska seafood industry. Economists estimate that the Alaska seafood industry suffered an $1.8 billion loss (2022-2023). The Alaska fishing industry saw a 50 percent decline in profitability (2021-2023). "The Alaska seafood industry is a major contributor to the U.S. seafood sector," said Robert Foy, director of the Alaska Fishe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Education Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. F24NY0179) on Sept. 19, 2024, entitled "Anchorage School District's Use of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Grant Funds." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Deena M. Bishop. Ed.D., Commissioner, Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, PO Box 110500, Juneau, Alaska 99811 Dear Commissioner Bishop: Enclosed is our final report, "Anchorage School Distr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Education Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. F24NY0181) on Sept. 26, 2024, entitled "Lower Kuskokwim School District's Use of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Deena M. Bishop. Ed.D., Commissioner, Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, PO Box 110500, Juneau, Alaska 99811 Dear Commissioner Bishop: Enclosed is our final report, "Lower Kuskokwim School  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Education Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. F24NY0180) on Sept. 24, 2024, entitled "Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District's Use of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Deena M. Bishop. Ed.D., Commissioner, Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, PO Box 110500, Juneau, Alaska 99811 Dear Commissioner Bishop: Enclosed is our final flash report, "Matanu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE (October 9, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Hilcorp North Slope, LLC, will pay $223,868 for violations of the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act at their Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, facility. Several regulatory requirements were not met by Hilcorp, including failure to make a hazardous waste determination, failure to send hazardous waste to a designated facil  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Tribal, federal, and state leaders gathered at the Tulalip Reservation on October 3 to celebrate $240 million in federal funding for tribal hatcheries. This Inflation Reduction Act investment will help 27 tribes from Northern California to Southeast Alaska meet urgent maintenance and modernization needs of tribal Pacific salmon and steelhead hatcheries. NOAA Fisheries partnered with the Interi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following report on October 1, 2024, entitled "HealthCare.gov Plan Selections by Race and Ethnicity, 2015-2024." Here are excerpts: * * * This issue brief presents Marketplace plan selections by race and ethnicity among 2015-2024 Open Enrollment Period enrollees in HealthCare.gov states using combined self-reported race and ethnicity information with imputed data for missing values. Plan selections incr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * Two States Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $1.7 Billion * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Alaska and Ohio's Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration's "Inter  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii The 25th Infantry Division and The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) is set to execute its largest Combat Training Center (CTC) rotation to date, beginning Oct. 7, 2024. JPMRC 25-01 will span from Alaska to the Hawaiian Islands, and over to Palau and is the only CTC that can stress the system that hard. As the U.S. Army'  more