JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, April 11 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Maria Galvez, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs The 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, also known as the Bulldogs, returned from Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 8 after a five-month deployment to support Pacific Air Forces' efforts to bring more advanced fighter aircraft forward to the western Pacific while Kadena Air Base's F-15C Eagles began their journey back to the U  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: On April 11, 2023, Judge Ralph Beistline of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska sentenced a Mexican national to 14 years imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for his role as the head of a drug trafficking organization that spanned multiple states. Judge Beistline also sentenced a lower-level coconspirator based in A  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 13, 2023, entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in Alaska - 2021": Fatal work injuries totaled 20 in 2021 for Alaska, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Alaska was down from 31 the previous year. (See chart 1.) Fatal oc  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the appointment of Cherokee Bradley to chair, Carol Hafford to vice-chair and six new members to its National Advisory Committee (NAC). The NAC considers topics such as hard-to-reach populations, race and ethnicity, language, aging populations, American Indian and Alaska Native tribal considerations, new immigrant populations, populations affected b  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 15 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: On April 11, 2023, Judge Ralph Beistline of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska sentenced a Mexican national to 14 years imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for his role as the head of a drug trafficking organization that spanned multiple states. Judge Beistline also sentenced a lower-level cocon  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news on April 11, 2023: By Airman 1st Class Ricardo Sandoval, 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Airmen assigned to the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron participated in a training exercise at Delta Junction, Alaska, March 20-24, 2023. The training exercise tested the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) and Special Warfare Mission Support (SWMS) Airmen on their ability to condu  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Northern Star (Pogo) L.L.C. was fined $600,000 for improper storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous materials at its gold mine and laboratory in Delta Junction, Alaska. "Strict accountability for hazardous waste is vital to protecting people and the environment at every step of the way," said EPA Region 10 Office of  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Regional Office issued the following news: * * * Hearings will be in Kodiak and Petersburg and may be attended in person or via teleconference. * * * NOAA Fisheries is holding two public hearings in Alaska on the agency's proposal to list the sunflower sea star as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed listing was published in the Federal Register with a public comment deadline of  more