RESTON, Virginia, Feb. 1 -- The American Society of Civil Engineers issued the following news: Tor J. S. Anderzen, P.E., F.ASCE, a senior aviation engineer at HDL Engineering Consultants LLC, in Palmer, Alaska, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Anderzen has 14 years of airport planning, design and construction experience. After a 10-year career as a land surveyor, he returned to school to obtain both bachelor and master's degrees. He went on to perform planning, design an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Board of Pharmacy Specialties, an autonomous division of the American Pharmacists Association, issued the following news release: The Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) is pleased to announce that the Alaska Native Medical Center Pharmacy Department has been named the 2020 recipient of the Warren E. Weaver/Richard P. Penna Award in the organization category. For the individual category in 2020, the BPS Board of Directors chose to issue the award to Brian L. Erstad, Ph  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 1 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 30: The Center for Biological Diversity's Frostpaw the Polar Bear touched down in Des Moines today, ready to join wildlife advocates and volunteers in kickstarting a new campaign to urge all the presidential candidates from each political party to address the wildlife extinction crisis unfolding in Iowa and around the globe. A veteran presence at events from massive climate protests in New  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 28 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: * * * - Documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act detail close collaboration linking logging interests, Forest Service, and State of Alaska * * * Up to $1.3 million in U.S. Forest Service (USFS) dollars will wind up in the hands of the Alaska Forest Association -- a timber industry group -- for work that entails selecting old-growth trees to be logged on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska's Tongass Nat  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 1 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 31: * * * - Whale Population Plummeting in Project Area, New Federal Data Show * * * Conservation groups today threatened to sue the Trump administration for approving oil exploration in Alaska's Cook Inlet after new federal data found a dramatic decline in the area's population of endangered beluga whales. The formal notice of intent to file an Endangered Species Act lawsuit asks the   more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 31 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Officials with the Alaska's Marijuana Control Board have issued their first-ever permits to retailers who wish to allow customers to consume cannabis on the premises. While a handful of cities in other states -- such as West Hollywood, California and Springfield, Illinois -- have similarly issued municipal licenses to allow for on-site cannabis consumption, Alaska is the fir  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 30 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: The Seward Park statue of Togo--the dog who ran more than 260 miles to deliver a lifesaving serum to children in Alaska--is now dishing up some truth in advertising, courtesy of a PETA plaque that reads, "The Iditarod Does a Disservice to Togo's Heroic Act." The sign--the latest move in PETA's campaign against the deadly 1,000-mile Alaskan dogsled race--notes that more than 150 dogs have died as  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * - Public Citizen, Daily Kos and MoveOn Continue to Lead Push Across Seven States to Stop Key Witness Testimony Cover-Up in the Senate * * * Public Citizen, Daily Kos and MoveOn are working with local partners to host events in seven states bringing together thousands of activists and local constituents to fight for a fair impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate. Attendees will gather outside of the district offices o  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 31 -- The Society of American Archivists issued the following news release: SAA and the Council of State Archivists issued a joint memorandum to the Office of Management and Budget to oppose the sale of the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA's) building in Seattle, Washington. SAA and CoSA join the Congressional delegations of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in opposing the closure of NARA's Seattle location. The memo states, "We strongly recomm  more