SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 19 -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release: A new year reveals new reasons to celebrate what makes the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature(R) credit card, co-branded with Bank of America, better and more valuable than ever. Our current and new cardholders can now take advantage of enhanced benefits when they use the card while traveling with us and while making everyday purchases - from earning more miles in new ways to boarding their  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 18 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2023: With five different opinions issued by three different Solicitors of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior over the past several years, confusion exists over whether the 51-year-old Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) extinguished the federal government's ability to take lands into trust in Alaska. The State filed a lawsuit today against Bryan Newland  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 19 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * A study by Brown researchers finds that changes in tectonic plate thickness across the Denali Fault in Alaska impacts where it is located, shedding light on how major faults and earthquakes occur. * * * When the rigid plates that make up the Earth's lithosphere brush against one another, they often form visible boundaries, known as faults, on the planet's surface. Strike-slip faults, such   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 18 (TNSper) -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: Deborah Ferrell, a 25-year GCI veteran and Senior Director of Sales & Operations has been promoted to Senior Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at the company. GCI created the position last year as part of a companywide initiative to create a more welcoming work environment for employees and make meaningful progress on the company's DEI goals. Deborah is the first person t  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 21 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2023: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced the appointment of Judge Jude Pate to the Alaska Supreme Court. Judge Pate was selected from a list of individuals nominated by the Alaska Judicial Council and forwarded on to the Governor. Judge Pate has been an Alaska resident for 29 years and has practiced law for 28 years. He graduated from Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of   more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 21 (TNSper) -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: Wayne Price, Tlingit Master Carver from Haines, Alaska, returns to the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) as faculty for Northwest Coast Arts. He will be teaching courses in carving as well as Northwest Coast Indigenous Formline Design. UAS Chancellor Karen Carey remarked, "We are so excited to have Wayne join UAS again. His work is outstanding and the students learn so much from him. He   more