WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it expects to award up to 20 cooperative agreements for flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2 million. The agency said the grant was associated with disaster prevention and relief. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district gove  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from The Economics Daily: The national jobs openings rate was 4.5 percent (not seasonally adjusted) in September 2019. The job openings rate was 6.0 percent in Vermont, 5.9 percent in both Alaska and West Virginia, and 5.7 percent in North Carolina. In New Mexico and North Dakota, the job openings rate was 5.6 percent in September 2019. View chart of the "Job openings rate by state, Se  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs issued a Notice of Intent to release a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled "Energy Infrastructure Development on Indian Lands - 2020" later this year. "This planned funding will help Native American and Alaska Native communities harness their vast energy resources to reduce or stabili  more

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, March 4 -- The U.S. Air Force (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: Airmen from Eielson Air Force Base completed Exercise Golden Raven (GR) 20-1 on Feb. 28, 2020. Golden Raven 20-1 is designed to give the 354th Fighter Wing and the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing the opportunity to work together and execute core mission essential tasks (METs). The exercise was split into three phases designed to challenge and test Eielson Airmen. "I think we di  more

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, March 5 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Airmen from Eielson Air Force Base completed Exercise Golden Raven (GR) 20-1 on Feb. 28, 2020. Golden Raven 20-1 is designed to give the 354th Fighter Wing and the Alaska Air National Guard's 168th Wing the opportunity to work together and execute core mission essential tasks (METs). The exercise was split into three phases designed to challenge and test Eielson Airmen. "I think we did an amazing  more

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, March 6 -- The U.S. Air Force (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ramon "CZ" Colon-Lopez visited Eielson Air Force Base during a United Service Organizations (USO) tour March 2-4, 2020. During their visit the group Hyten and Colon-Lopez interacted with Airmen of all ranks and discussed the fut  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 3 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Despite an unprecedentedly hot summer and the plume of wildfire smoke that engulfed Anchorage, Alaska, it was a typical work-day for Senior Airman Alaina Armentrout. As a Cryptologic Language Analyst for the 381st Intelligence Squadron, she was helping the Alaska Learning Center prepare lesson materials. On this particular Monday afternoon, July 8, 2019, Armentrout noticed a civilian contractor in the class had  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, March 5 -- The U.S. Army Forces Command issued the following news: The Indiana National Guard is participating in joint force exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 in Alaska, alongside numerous civilian and federal agencies with approximately 900 other Air and Army National Guard members from 15 states Feb. 20 to March 7. "Large scale joint exercises like this are mutually beneficial for all agencies," said Sgt. First Class Tyler Sprout, the noncommissioned office  more

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, March 6 -- The U.S. Air Forces in Europe issued the following news: KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft and personnel assigned to the 168th Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrived at Orland Air Station, Norway, to take part in Exercise Cold Response 20 (CR20) from March 9-18. The U.S. will be represented by service members from each of its military services who will join forces with Norway and eight other allied and partner nations. In total, some 15,000 personnel   more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 2 -- The Commerce Department's National Marine Fisheries Service has issued a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on Feb. 28, entitled: "Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Modifying Seasonal Allocations of Pollock and Pacific Cod for Trawl Catcher Vessels in the Central and Western Gulf of Alaska". The proposed rule was issued by Samuel D. Rauch III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Serv  more

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam, March 3 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: The Patriot Express (PE) will start flying passengers between Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Mar. 7, 2020. The route will now include a servicing stop in Anchorage, Alaska instead of Honolulu. The change was made by the carrier to better accommodate pets. The PE, also known as the "Rotator" or "Cat B flight", is a Department of Defense contracted commerci  more

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, March 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: When F-22 Raptor fighter jets intercepted Russian fighters and bombers off the coast of Alaska during series of incidents last year, it was a network of radar systems sustained by a program office at Hill Air Force Base that prompted the jets to scramble in support of those missions. Russian military aircraft flying near the United States is not uncommon, and fortunately  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 2 -- The Homeland Security's Coast Guard has issued a rule, published in the Federal Register on Feb. 28, entitled: "Temporary Safety Zone, Blowfish Experiment; Juneau, AK". The rule was issued by Stephen R. White, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Southeast Alaska. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, call or email LT Jesse Collins, Sector Juneau Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 907-463-2846, e  more

PALMER, Alaska, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Alaska Field Office issued the following news release: Farmers and ranchers may apply to enroll grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands signup beginning March 16. The signup runs through May 15. "Through this CRP Grasslands signup, farmers and ranchers can protect grasslands, rangelands and pastures, while maintaining the land as working grazing lands," said State Executive Director Br  more