JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, June 22 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Shelimar Rivera Rosado, JBER Public Affairs The 3rd Wing hosted an activation ceremony for the 90th and 525th Fighter Generation Squadrons, and the deactivation of the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 15. This ceremony put into place the Combat Oriented Maintenance Organization, a new organizational structure for aircr  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, announced more than $7 million in investments to support Native Nations and native-led nonprofit organizations to address community needs specific to Indian Country, from education, mental health, food security, to climate change, conservation, habitat preservation and more. These investments continue AmeriCorps' commitment to partnering with American Indi  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management, in partnership with the Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation District and Trout Unlimited, are restoring mining-impacted streams along the upper Yukon River watershed. Projects will improve water quality and fish habitat along Nome and Wade Creeks as part of a long-term restoration strategy to rehabilitate thousands of feet of stream  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, June 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release: Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District will host a public meeting Tuesday, June 27 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time in Utqiagvik at the North Slope Borough Assembly Room for anyone interested in learning about the Barrow Alaska coastal erosion project. The purpose of this event is to provide a general project status u  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, June 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force and 354th Fighter Wing are asking community members for input to determine if there is interest in establishing a local environmental restoration advisory board. Restoration Advisory Boards, or RABs, provide a forum for two-way communication between the community and Air Force officials about environmental work being conducted on and around t  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, June 23 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: The 354th Fighter Wing held a change of command ceremony as U.S. Air Force Col. David J. Berkland relinquished command to U.S. Air Force Col. Paul P. Townsend, 354th Fighter Wing commander, June 22, 2023. The ceremony was attended by military and civilian leaders from throughout Alaska as well as family members and friends of Berkland and Townsend. "Today we will  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNSawa) -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Alaska, for the continued development and operation of the Synthetic Aperture Radar Distributed Active Archive Center for NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System. The total value of this cost-no-fee completion contract is approximately $70 million. The period of performance is for five years beginning Saturday, July 1. The work will be   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * New research predicts how spawning habitat in the Bering Sea may shift over the coming century of climate change. * * * In the wake of recent warming, Pacific cod expanded their summer range into the northern Bering Sea. But whether they could successfully reproduce there remained unknown. "We know adults are moving northward, but what does   more