WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard awards contract for waterfront homeport improvements in Sitka, Alaska * JUNEAU, Alaska -The U.S. Coast Guard's Facilities Design and Construction Center awarded a contract Aug. 14, 2025, to the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company to design and construct new homeport facilities in Sitka, Alaska. The award, with a total potential value of $50.475 million, will const  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA announces $1.7M for transboundary watershed grants * SEATTLE (Aug. 27, 2025) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced eight organizations will receive $1,749,700 through EPA's Transboundary Watershed Grant Program to monitor and reduce transboundary mining pollution in U.S.-British Columbia transboundary watersheds. The selected organizations include: * Confederated  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Opens Next Step in the Roadless Rule Rescission * WASHINGTON, August 27, 2025 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has taken the next step in the rulemaking process for rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule by opening a public comment period. "We are one step closer to common sense management of our national   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group completes Exercise Northern Edge 2025 * NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN - The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) wrapped up participation in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led joint force exercise Northern Edge 2025 from the North Pacific Ocean, Aug, 25, 2025. Previous 250823-N-NH911-2625 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 23, 20  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group completes Exercise Northern Edge 2025 * NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN - The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) wrapped up participation in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led joint force exercise Northern Edge 2025 from the North Pacific Ocean, Aug, 25, 2025. Download Previous 250823-N-NH911-2625 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 23, 2025) Aircrafts, attached to Carr  more