JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, March 28 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Balinda ONeal, Alaska National Guard Public Affairs Monotonous beeps reverberated across the Joint Mobility Complex as Soldiers arriving to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson were scanned in for Reception, Staging, Onward movement and Integration ahead of 11th Airborne Division's Joint Pacific Multi-National Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 exercise. The Alaska Army National Guard's 49th  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: An Eagle River man was arrested today in Illinois on criminal charges related to his alleged trafficking of firearms from Alaska to California. According to court documents, Cornelius Leon William Smith, 32, purchased 9 firearms on behalf of other individuals while falsely stating that he was the true purchaser, bought a gun in Alaska and then re-sol  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District is available to answer Regulatory program permitting questions at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough's one-stop permit center beginning Thursday, April 6. The permit center is located upstairs in the Dorothy Swanda Jones Building, 350 E. Dahlia Ave., Palmer. Regulatory staff will be on-site every Thursday throughout the season. While   more

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan, March 31 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Juan Torres Chardon, 18th Wing Public Affairs F-35A Lightning IIs from the 355th Fighter Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrived at Kadena Air Base, March 28, to ensure continuous fighter presence through the phased return of Kadena AB's fleet of F-15C/D Eagles to the United States. While deployed to the Keystone of the Pacific, the F-35s will work in conjunction with other fighter units   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following notice of apparent liability for forfeiture (FRN No. 0017203472) on March 31, 2023: * * * In the Matter of DENVER DIGITAL TELEVISION, LLC Licensee of Station KBLT-LD, Anchorage, AK MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER AND NOTICE OF APPARENT LIABILITY FOR FORFEITURE By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Media Bureau (Bureau) has before it the application (Application)/1 of D  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 16-271; 18-143; 19-195) on March 27, 2023, on the filing of Alaska Plan FCC Form 477 mobile deployment data: * * * 1. In this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) seek comment on the process to continue the filing of mobile deployment data consistent with previous FCC Form 477 fili  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of nearly $8.9 million to support American Indian Tribes across the country and Alaska Native villages. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed into law by President Biden in November 2021, increased competitive funding for the Tribal Tran  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: Today in Alaska, as part of the Department's Investing in America tour, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau announced that the Department will invest more than $16 million over the next four years from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to enhance the resilience of ecosystems and salmon in Alaska's Yukon, Kuskokwim and Norton Sound region through co-stewardsh  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * New research takes a "Robin Hood" approach to provide missing information on data-poor fish species for more effective ecosystem based fisheries management. * * * Scientists can now predict growth, survival, and reproductive strategies for all known fish in the world. The combination of traits a given species has developed to adapt to its nic  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 30, 2023: * * * Extreme MAGA House Republicans' Reckless Plan Would Have Devastating Impacts for Hard-Working Families Across Alaska Cuts would endanger public safety and worsen public health, raise costs for families and students, and harm seniors and veterans in Alaska--while multi-millionaires and big corporations would get massive tax cuts Today, the White House released a new analysis highlightin  more