WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Adepth submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management regarding an inquiry on commercial leasing for critical minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Alaska, presenting its readiness to participate in exploration and development of seabed mineral resources under federal oversight. According to Adepth, the United States has the potential to assume a leading role in the industrial development of deep-sea  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 6 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson defends pro-life students at the Supreme Court * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a 15-state friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court supporting a high school student who was prohibited from expressing her pro-life views inside her school. "Deeply held beliefs don't stop when a student enters the doors of their school  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 7 (TNSLrpt) -- Union Members in Alaska 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region - March 6, 2026 * * * In 2025, union members accounted for an estimated 18.1 percent of wage and salary workers in Alaska, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the estimated number of workers belonging to unions was 57,000. Nationwide, union membe  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has submitted a public comment letter to the Southeast Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council emphasizing the role of subsistence access in the lives of its community members. The letter serves as a call to action for state and federal authorities to uphold and prioritize subsistence rights as mandated by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). With more than 38,000 Tlingit and   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Dot Lake Village Council submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior urging caution during the federal review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program and warning that policy changes could threaten food security and cultural survival for rural Alaska Native communities. In their letter, the council emphasizes the importance of subsistence hunting, fishing, and gathering for food security and cultural continuity within their remote com  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Humane World Action Fund (formerly the Humane Society Legislative Fund) issued the following news release on March 6, 2026: * * * Bears' lives caught in government ping pong match Proposed federal rule seeks to roll back critical wildlife protections and allow cruel 'bear baiting' in Alaska's national parks once again * The Trump administration has once again advanced a proposal to strip away wildlife protections and permit some of the most horrific trophy-hunting pra  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Proposes to Restore State-Aligned Hunting Regulations on Alaska National Preserves * The Department of the Interior today announced a proposed rule to restore longstanding hunting and trapping regulations on Alaska's national preserves, realigning federal regulations with Alaska state wildlife management laws and reinstating the framework that governed preserves for more than three de  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Ketchikan Indian Community has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior expressing concern regarding the current scoping process of the Federal Subsistence Management Program (FSMP). The letter raises concerns about changes that could threaten protections for rural and Alaska Native subsistence users established under Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). In their public comment letter, the organiza  more

MONTREAL, Quebec, March 6 -- Canadian Heritage issued the following news release: * * * Member of Parliament Brendan Hanley highlights Government of Canada investment ahead of the 2026 Arctic Winter Games * WHITEHORSE, March 6, 2026 -  With just two days until the start of the 2026 Arctic Winter Games, the Government of Canada is highlighting its $2,665,000 investment in the Games and the lasting impact this support is having on sport infrastructure, culture and community development in Yuk  more

ROLLA, Missouri, March 6 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following news: * * * The future of mining engineering: Sam Steele is more than ready * By the time Sam Steele graduates from Missouri S&T, the mining engineering junior who is also a Kummer Vanguard Scholar, will already have experience working in underground salt mines in New York, surface phosphate operations in Florida and a blasting company in Herman, Missouri. Steele grew up in Kansas, and his dad is  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSjou) -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on March 6, 2026: * * * Advocates Reject Proposal to Allow Bear Baiting on National Parklands in Alaska Proposed rule ignores National Park Service obligations to protect wildlife by allowing bear baiting in Denali and Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserves * ANCHORAGE - Wildlife and national parks advocates decried new proposed wildlife regulations released by the Department of Inte  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Native Village of Tununak has submitted a public comment letter to the Office of Subsistence Management urging a thorough review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program. The letter emphasizes the need for the program to consider the voices of Alaska Native and rural communities across the state before making any administrative changes. In the letter addressed to Kara Moriarty, Senior Advisor for Alaska Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Native V  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Natural Resources Democrats Secure Six Bipartisan Geothermal Bills, Save Our Sequoias Framework in Committee Markup * Committee advances clean energy legislation, sequoia protections, and bills to support Alaska Native communities Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Democrats advanced a bipartisan package of geothermal energy bills and a negotiated framework to protect   more

DENVER, Colorado, March 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado posted the following news release: * * * Philadelphia Man Sentenced To 78 Months For COVID Relief Fraud And International Money Laundering The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Adepoju Babtunde Salako, 34, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy and one count of money   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Pipeline Safety Trust submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding a special permit request by Harvest Alaska LNG seeking relief from federal safety regulations requiring protective enclosures around liquefied natural gas facilities under construction in Alaska. PST, a national non-profit organization dedicated to pipeline safety through education and advocacy, emphasizes the importance of transparency in the review process of s  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Examination of S. 3135, the Cold Weather Diesel Reliability Act" at 10 a.m. on March 11, 2026, at 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 * Ryan Anderson, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * Todd Fornstrom, President, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities * John Walke, Director for Clear Air Programs an  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Southcentral Foundation has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education highlighting concerns regarding the agency's proposed rule related to federal student loan limits for professional degree programs. The organization emphasizes that the current interpretation of the rule could adversely impact the availability of health care professionals across the nation, particularly in Alaska. In its letter, SCF outlines its mission to enhance wellness withi  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Susitna River Coalition submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding a proposal to revise the project level pre-decisional administrative review process, urging the agency to withdraw the rule and warning that the changes would restrict public participation in national forest management decisions. In the letter, the coalition emphasizes its mission to protect the health of the 312-mile-long Susitna River and its associated ecosyste  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Turns its Back on Wildlife - Again * The National Park Service today proposed a regulation that would abdicate the agency from its responsibility to manage wildlife in Alaska's national preserves and to instead defer to state regulations. This is similar to a 2020 regulation promulgated by the first Trump administration, which Defenders of Wildlife challenged  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy & Freedom250 Unveil 'Freedom Moves You' Campaign and Other Freedom250 Initiatives to Celebrate 250 Years of American Greatness * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today highlighted the Department's new "Freedom Moves You" campaign - a free storytelling program that brings iconic American images and thought-provoking   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Liam Frink, professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior urging it to conduct a review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program and to protect the rural subsistence priority established under federal law. The letter expresses the necessity for the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to engage in comprehensive consultation with Alaska Native and rural communities befo  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ASK EPA TO REVERSE BIDEN-ERA VAPOR TESTING REQUIREMENTS * Miss. Senators, Colleagues Say California-inspired Rule Harms Small Businesses, Could Affect Gasoline Availability WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week joined colleagues in asking the Trump administration to reverse a Biden administration rule that impose  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ASK EPA TO REVERSE BIDEN-ERA VAPOR TESTING REQUIREMENTS Miss. Senators, Colleagues Say California-inspired Rule Harms Small Businesses, Could Affect Gasoline Availability * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week joined colleagues in asking the Trump administration to reverse a Biden administration rule that imposes cost  more