SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Funds will support state and tribal projects to conserve and restore salmon on the West Coast and Alaska. * * * Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA Fisheries announced up to $99 million in funding through the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) for conservation and recovery projects focusing on Pacific salmon and steelhead. This fundi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: In the shadow of Coosa County, Alabama's pine-strewn hills, and across Nome, Alaska's rugged expanse, the Defense Department is mounting a strategic response to an urgent security challenge. Beneath these two distinct landscapes lie the BamaStar Graphite Project and the Graphite Creek deposit, which anchor efforts to rebuild America's graphite production enterprise an undertaking critical to our military's lithium-i  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The Department of Defense will test an expansion of commissary shopping privileges for DOD civilian employees at select Defense Commissary Agency stores located in the continental U.S., for 120 days starting Dec. 5. "We welcome the opportunity to participate in DOD's pilot to expand commissary shopping privileges to DOD civilian employees at 16 of our stores," said John E. Hall, DeCA  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 5 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody is fighting back against Biden's latest federal overreach attempt. Attorney General Moody, along with 22 other attorneys general, is challenging the Biden administration's fourth unlawful attempt to saddle working Americans with someone else's student loan debt. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "Biden clearly does not believe in accountabilit  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following commentary: * * * OVW Commemorates Native American Heritage Month Courtesy of Sherriann Moore, Deputy Director OVW honors the resiliency and leadership of American Indian and Alaskan Native victims and survivors by recognizing the dedication and accomplishments of Tribal leaders, advocates, and survivors to prevent and end gender-based violence in their own communities. We also take the opportunity during Native Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska Residents who were affected by the August 5-6 flooding that occurred in the City and Borough of Juneau have until Monday, December 16, to apply for FEMA housing and other needs assistance, and FEMA Disaster Unemployment Assistance, administered through the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and the U.S. Department of Labor. T  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 5 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm the nomination of Pam Bondi, President-Elect Trump's pick for U.S. Attorney General. Drummond and a coalition of 30 current and future state attorneys general sent a letter to Senate leadership this week supporting Bondi. "Pam Bondi has proven herself to be an exceptional legal mi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska FEMA is partnering with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to meet the needs of residents who were affected by the Juneau Mendenhall Glacier Flooding. The SBA is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for businesses and residents impacted by the disaster. In previously declared major disasters, 80% of SBA loans were approved for   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding Will Support Family Farms, Small Businesses, Infrastructure and Clean Energy in Underserved Rural and Tribal Communities LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 4, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new round of investments totaling more than $194 million to support local economic development plans and projects in Rural Partners Network (RPN) communities and other  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has issued the following news release: * * * Funding Will Support Family Farms, Small Businesses, Infrastructure and Clean Energy in Underserved Rural and Tribal Communities * * * LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 4, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new round of investments totaling more than $194 million to support local economic development plans and projects in Rural Partne  more