WASHINGTON, June 13 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * 9th Circuit Deals Setback to Willow Oil Project in Alaska * SAN FRANCISCO-- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided today that the Department of the Interior unlawfully approved ConocoPhillips's massive Willow oil-drilling project in Alaska's Western Arctic. This reverses an earlier ruling by the Alaska District Court that allowed the Willow project to proceed and mar  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 (TNSFR) -- Alpha Aviation LLC has submitted a petition to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Alaska-based company is seeking relief from specific Federal Aviation Regulations governing its operations, initiating a public comment period. This action highlights the agency's commitment to transparency in its regulatory processes. Alpha Aviation, an on-demand operator exclusively in Alaska, functions under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 119 and Part 135. The pet  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Bear Pin Design Contest Winner * News Release Date: June 9, 2025 Contact: Matt Johnson, 907.469.1131 KING SALMON, Alaska --- Katmai National Park celebrates the winning Brooks Camp bear pin design by Jess Thomas from King Salmon, Alaska. Park staff distribute the pins to thousands of visitors each year who complete mandatory Brooks Camp bear safety training, also know  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management is proposing a rule to rescind the management and protection of the national petroleum reserve in Alaska regulations finalized on May 7, 2024. The agency argues that the 2024 rule conflicts with its statutory authority under the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976, which prioritizes oil and gas exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a 23-million-acre region stretching from the   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Joins Bipartisan Bill to Improve Access to Eating Disorder Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in reintroducing the bipartisan Nutrition CARE Act. The legislation aims to improve access to care for seniors and pe  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * CMS Expands Tribal Health Access with Approval of Medicaid State Plan Amendments in Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is expanding access to vital care for American Indian and Alaska Native communities by approving Medicaid State Plan Amendme  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a permit amendment to the University of Alaska Southeast with Jan Straley identified as the responsible party. The original permit, issued on April 28, 2023, authorizes research on 18 species of cetaceans in Alaska. The research focuses on gray, humpback, killer, and sperm whales. Objectives include evaluating species abundance, population st  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Delegation Introduce Chugach Alaska Land Exchange and Oil Spill Recovery Act * Washington, DC -- U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and U.S. Representative Nick Begich (all R-Alaska), introduced the Chugach Alaska Land Exchange and Oil Spill Recovery Act to direct a land exchange between the federal government and Chugach Alaska Corporation (Chugach). This exchange would re  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Delegation Introduces Chugach Alaska Land Exchange and Oil Spill Recovery Act * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and U.S. Representative Nick Begich (all R-Alaska), introduced the Chugach Alaska Land Exchange and Oil Spill Recovery Act to direct a land exchange between the federal government and Chugach Alaska Corporation (Chugach). This exchange would resolve  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Nicholas J. Begich III, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Nick Begich Introduces Legislation to Modernize and Strengthen Pipeline Safety * WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 12, 2025 - Congressman Nick Begich (AK-R) is proud to introduce H.R. 3796 (link is external), the Safety from Aerial Technology (SAT) Act, legislation that modernizes federal pipeline inspection requirements by formally recognizing the use of drones and satellites as approved  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Nicholas J. Begich III, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Nick Begich Statement on House Passage of Rescissions Package * WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 12, 2025 - Today, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) released the following statement on the House passage of the rescissions package: "Today, I voted in favor of the rescissions package, H.R. 4, a necessary step for restoring fiscal responsibility in our nation. America has been built on prin  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure Tax Parity for Tribes & Boost Economic Development in Indian Country * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that Tribes receive the same tax benefits and economic development tools as local and state governments. Specificall  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure Tax Parity for Tribes & Boost Economic Development in Indian Country U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that Tribes re  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 11 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Court Orders Agencies to Revise Environmental Study Underlying Key Federal Permits for the Donlin Gold Mine * Anchorage, Alaska -- In a victory for Southwest Alaska tribes who oppose the Donlin Gold Mine proposed in their region, a U.S. District Court in Alaska barred construction related to the mine's challenged federal permits. The court ordered yesterday that key federal a  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 14 -- Native Public Media issued the following news: * * * Defunding Public Media Undermines Native American Civic Health WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a devastating reversal, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to rescind funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), funding it had approved just two months earlier. This decision delivers a catastrophic blow to Tribal radio stations and places 36 public media stations that serve American Indian Tribes and Alask  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense Alaska District has announced a funding opportunity for natural resources management activities at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. This cooperative agreement aims to support the implementation of the EAFB Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP), focusing on the conservation of natural resources, management of fish and wildlife, and maintaining functional ecosystems. The estimated total program funding for this initiative is   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense Alaska District has announced a cooperative agreement opportunity to support natural resource management activities. The funding will focus on salmon monitoring (weirs) to benefit Cook Inlet Beluga Whale (CIBW) prey and eDNA multi-species monitoring for invasive species management. This project is vital for implementing the Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan (INRMP) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). A total of $374,775 is  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense Alaska District has announced a funding opportunity for the Tanana Flats Training Area Winter Trail Upgrade at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. This project aims to provide assistance to the 11th Airborne Division and U.S. Army Alaska Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance program, supporting the U.S. Army Alaska Integrated Training Area Management Sustainable Range Program. The estimated total program funding for this cooperative agreement is $5.8 mi  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Administrator Zeldin Wraps Up Week-Long Alaska Swing * Anchorage, Alaska -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin wrapped up a week-long swing through Alaska. After spending the first two days with U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright on the North Slope Exit EPA's website, Administrator Zeldi  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued an information collection notice entitled "Application for the Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian." This notice from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, a division of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, seeks public comment on a proposed information collection. The purpose is to allow 60 days for interested parties to provide feedback  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin in Anchorage Daily News: "Alaska's energy renaissance awaits, and the One Big Beautiful Bill is our key to unlocking it." * WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright outlined the impact President Trump's One Big  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin in Fox News: "Alaska is our 'Gateway to Energy Dominance'" * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin published an op-ed, highlighting Alaska's abundant energy resources as the path to American energy dominance and economic prosperity. This is a path that has strong support from Native Alaskans. President Trump's vision to unleash the oil,  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * Microreactor pilot reaches major project milestone * ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force, in coordination with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy Office, reached a critical milestone in piloting advanced nuclear energy technology with the issuance of a Notice of Intent to Award (NOITA) to Oklo, Inc. If ultimately awarded the contract, the offeror would be required to site, develop, and oper  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 9, 2025: * * * Murkowski Engages with Education and Labor Nominees on Alaska Priorities This week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing to consider the nominations of Dr. Penny Schwinn to be Deputy Secretary of Education, Kimberly Richey to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education (ED), Daniel Aronowitz to be Assistant Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski Welcomes Eielson AFB Announcement on Microreactor Pilot Program * Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) welcomed the United States Department of the Air Force's (DAF) Notice of Intent to Award the microreactor pilot project at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB). This announcement clears the way for the DAF and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to prepare an environmental an  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- NASA issued the following commentary on June 10, 2025: * * * NASA's PUNCH Releases Its First Images of Huge Eruptions from Sun By Mara Johnson-Groh, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission has released its first images of large solar eruptions called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. The images were presented Tuesday at the 246th American Astronomical Society meeting in Anchorage, Alaska.   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- NASA issued the following news: * * * NASA's Ready-to-Use Dataset Details Land Motion Across North America An online tool maps measurements and enables non-experts to understand earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, and other types of land motion. * NASA is collaborating with the Alaska Satellite Facility in Fairbanks to create a powerful web-based tool that will show the movement of land across North America down to less than an inch. The online portal and its underlyi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 13 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Ninth Circuit Deals Setback to Willow Oil Project in Alaska * The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided today that the Department of the Interior unlawfully approved ConocoPhillips's massive Willow oil-drilling project in Alaska's Western Arctic. This reverses in part an earlier ruling by the Alaska District Court that allowed the Willow project to proceed and marks t  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on June 13, 2025: * * * Ninth Circuit Deals Setback to Willow Oil Project in Alaska Interior must reconsider the project after court concludes approval violated the law * SAN FRANCISCO - The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided today that the Department of the Interior unlawfully approved ConocoPhillips's massive Willow oil-drilling project in Alaska's Western Arctic. This reverses in part an earlier rul  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is initiating an information collection effort and inviting public comments on a proposed reinstatement with revisions for the "Alaska Saltwater Sportfishing Economic Survey." This survey is crucial for the National Marine Fisheries Service to conduct economic analyses of marine sport fishing in Alaska. The proposed update shifts from a mail survey to a push-to-web survey, focusing  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Alaska Chapter: Senators Murkowski and Sullivan Must Oppose Selling Public Lands in Alaska * JUNEAU, Alaska -- Senate Republicans are supercharging an effort to sell huge swaths of public lands to private developers in Alaska to pay for extending Donald Trump's tax cuts for billionaires. Last night, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released its revised portio  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement as Interior Department Doubles Down on Billion-Dollar Cuts to NPS * WASHINGTON, DC - During a Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum restated his department's intentions to cut nearly a billion dollars from the National Park Service's operating budget - a cut that could eliminate the budget and staffing for roughly  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan Chairs Hearing on Combatting Chinese & Russian IUU Fishing Threat * WASHINGTON --U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, today chaired a hearing on the threat of foreign illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing to Alaska's fishermen and coastal communities. The hearing f  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 10 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * SwRI-led PUNCH mission images huge solar eruption * June 10, 2025 -- Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Craig DeForest discussed the latest accomplishments of NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission during a media event at the 246th American Astronomical Society meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. As the spacecraft constellation completes commissi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 12 [Category: BizTravel] -- Hyatt Hotels Corp., a hospitality company, issued the following news release: * * * The Wildbirch Hotel Now Open in Downtown Anchorage * The locally owned lifestyle hotel and first JdV by Hyatt property in Alaska now welcomes guests in the heart of the Mushing District ANCHORAGE, Alaska - June 12, 2025 - The highly anticipated Wildbirch Hotel is now open in the heart of Anchorage's Mushing District, offering a truly unique experience as t  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 (TNSLrpt) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: * * * Trans-Alaska Pipeline: Clarifying the Roles of Joint Pipeline Office Agencies Would Enhance Safety Oversight * Fast Facts After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, federal and Alaska state agencies formed a joint office to oversee the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. The joint office continues to coordinate oversight but has scaled back shared activities since its formation. We found the  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Presses VA to Reinstate Contract Helping Veterans with Cancer Care in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska * Senator: "Cancelling this contract is mindless and cruel in equal measure for America's veterans who deserve far better in return for their service to our country." Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reverse its recent decision   more