JUNEAU, Alaska, April 28 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: The State of Alaska filed an opposition Wednesday to fight for the life-saving road proposed between King Cove and the State's all-weather airport at Cold Bay by opposing the Department of the Interior's (DOI) motion to dismiss an appeal pending before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. DOI's motion to dismiss is premised on a March 14 decision by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to withdraw  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 28 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: The State of Alaska filed to intervene yesterday in a lawsuit that seeks to block congressionally-directed oil and gas leasing on federal land in Cook Inlet. The State is defending the opportunity to develop through the federal government's Cook Inlet Lease Sale 258, which was held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in December 2022 after being mandated to do so by Congress. "Give  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 27 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Next month Governor Mike Dunleavy will welcome global leaders from both the public and private sectors to Anchorage for the 2023 Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference. "Alaska is uniquely positioned to lead the world in the energy of the future," said Governor Mike Dunleavy. "I look forward to hosting both speakers and attendees in Anchorage to share what Alaska has to offer and learn about work being d  more

ITHACA, New York, April 28 (TNSjou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: Balto, the dashing canine renowned for transporting diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, in 1925, is the most famous sled dog in history - immortalized in books, films and a statue in Manhattan's Central Park. Now, a Cornell-led project has added a new chapter to his story, by using ancient DNA extraction and analysis to reconstruct his phenotype and identify his genetic connections to Siberian husky and moder  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, April 25 (TNSres) -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news on April 24, 2023: Ecological memory stored in a landscape can help an ecosystem recover from disturbances like fire and outbreaks of disease. But what happens when climate warming disrupts that process? How long before ecological memories stored in the warming Arctic are overwritten by new ones, and what does that mean for the Arctic's future? A team of more than 40 scientists has been awarded $9.6  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, April 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Still a good boy nearly 100 years after historic sled run, Balto has now helped scientists explore the genetics of working dogs and demonstrate the power of comparative genomics * * * The sled dog Balto has been celebrated in books and movies for his role in delivering desperately needed diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, in 1925. Now, his DNA has enabled scientists  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 25 (TNSjou) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: The first people to live in the Americas migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge more than 20,000 years ago. Some made their way as far south as Tierra del Fuego, at the tip of South America. Others settled in areas much closer to their place of origin where their descendants still thrive today. In "A paleogenome from a Holocene indiv  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 28 (TNSfund) -- The University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health issued the following news: * * * A University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health center will be expanding its effort to recruit more American Indian/Alaska Native people into health professions. * * * The Native American Center for Health Professions (NACHP) was recently awarded a $1.2 million, three-year grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program for the initiative,   more

BELLINGHAM, Washington, April 25 (TNSres) -- Western Washington University issued the following news release: Researchers are looking to the past of Alaska's Augustine volcano to find answers about its future. An ongoing research collaboration between the Alaska Volcano Observatory and scientists at Western Washington University seeks to broaden existing knowledge about the volcano to understand the true threat that it poses to Alaskans living in the Cook Inlet region. The research is spearh  more