WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSFR) -- Ball State University is preparing to repatriate two sacred objects to the Modoc Nation, fulfilling its obligations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. These cultural items described as a woven basket with a lid and another without were donated to the university by a private individual in 1989 and 1990, respectively. Records indicate the 1989 basket originated from the Northwest Coast and the 1990 basket from the Klamath River region   more

WASHINGTON, July 27 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11672) on July 24, 2025, by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke. Here are excerpts: * * * Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Introduction The Coast Guard's Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program envisages procuring 30 replacements for the Coast Guard's 35 aging river buoy tenders (WLRs), inland construction tenders (W  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 (TNSFR) -- Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Atlanta, Georgia, has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of the Interior Surface Transportation Board seeking to discontinue service over an 11.0-mile rail line. The line runs between Riverton Junction in Front Royal, Virginia, and Strasburg, Virginia, traversing U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes 22657 and 22630. The company certified that no local traffic has used the line for at least two years and that any overhead traffic c  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District holds Change of Command ceremony * SEATTLE -- U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District held a change of command ceremony at Base Seattle, Friday. Rear Adm. Arex Avanni assumed the duties and responsibilities of the U.S. Coast Guard's Northwest District Commander from Rear Adm. Charles Fosse. Rear Adm. Joseph Buzzella, acting commander, U.S. C  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSFR) -- The Yurok Tribe has submitted a Tribal Resource Management Plan to the U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that outlines harvest and monitoring activities for tribal fisheries, specifically those affecting Endangered Species Act-listed Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast coho salmon. NOAA has prepared a proposed evaluation and pending determination to assess whether implementing the TRMP will appreciably reduce the lik  more