WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: Today, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $24,500,000 in new awards to 34 tribes and tribal organizations to implement culturally grounded, evidence-based home visiting programs throughout the nation. These grants are part of the Tribal Maternal, Infant  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Quatasia Carter, JBER Public Affairs Air Force Aviation Inspiration and Mentors (AIM) and a sponsoring AIM wing visited youth at Johnson Youth Center in Juneau, Alaska, from Sept. 5 to 7 during an Alaska-based recruiting zone blitz. To inspire youth and increase the future diversity of the Air Force, Air Force Recruiting Service, Detachment 1 engaged in a number of interactions with Juneau's  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, S. Lane Tucker, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: An Anchorage couple has been indicted by a federal grand jury for using their nonprofit, House of Transformations, and other corporate entities, as part of a scheme to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in COVID-19 recovery funds. According to court documents, Rosaline Natazha Mavaega, 41, and Esau Malele Fualema Jr., 44, submitted applications   more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release: Witnessed by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Michael Connor, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District endorsed an agreement that advances construction of the Kenai Bluffs Bank Stabilization Project during a ceremony on Sept. 25 in the community. Officially known as a "project partnership   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Today, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $24,500,000 in new awards to 34 tribes and tribal organizations to implement culturally grounded, evidence-based home visiting programs throughout the nation. These grants are part of the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, which   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration today announced $9.9 million in grants to 22 American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native communities to improve their public transit systems. The competitive grants under FTA's Tribal Transit Program allow Tribes to buy transit vehicles, upgrade bus facilities, and expand transit op  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - "The Secretary of the Army is going to swear in the 41st chief of our Army, and you're going to witness it." Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler, commanding general of the 11th Airborne Division, delivered the news to nearly 100 Arctic Angels at the Gold Rush Inn at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, A  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: OKINAWA, Japan - The U.S. Air Force's ability to rapidly generate airpower at a moment's notice was put to the test at Kadena Air Base, when the 18th Wing conducted a no-notice agile combat employment exercise Sept. 22, 2023. Airmen from the 18th Wing partnered with deployed Airmen from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Mountain Home Air Force Base,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced that it has awarded more than $13 million in grants to 11 organizations for its Healthy Families Community-Based Perinatal Health Initiative (COPHI) to develop innovative models for integrating community-based maternal support services into perinatal systems of care. Consid  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department announced that it will award $68,196,816 through 88 grants to American Indian and Alaska Native communities to provide services and promote justice for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and trafficking. The awards are administered through the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and will enhance Tribal justice systems, support an array of services for victim  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Regional Office issued the following news: * * * Agency announces a finding on a petition requesting expansion of North Pacific right whale critical habitat. * * * NOAA Fisheries has concluded that a revision of endangered North Pacific right whale critical habitat is warranted. We intend to proceed with a revision, including initiating the rulemaking process. There are only an estimated 30 eastern   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * NOAA Fisheries is pleased to announce the selection of Angela Doroff as the new Deputy Director of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's Auke Bay Laboratories in Juneau, Alaska. * * * Alaska Fisheries Science Center welcomes Angela Doroff as the newest addition to its Auke Bay Laboratories leadership team. Angela will fill the role of Deputy Director.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced nearly $1.3 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Alaska. Millions of Americans nationwide live less   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have discovered and documented the largest known single dinosaur track in Alaska. The site, located in Denali National Park and Preserve, has been dubbed "The Coliseum" by researchers. The Coliseum is the size of one-and-a-half football fields and contains layer upon layer of prints preserved in rock. The site is a record of multiple species of di  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In support of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $38 million in funding for 13 projects aimed at advancing clean energy technology deployment in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. This funding will bolster ongoing efforts to reduce and stabilize energy costs, increase energy security and resilience, and provide electric   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as required by the Endangered Species Act, has completed a status review of the polar bear, the second such review since the species was listed as threatened in 2008. The review, informed by the Service's Species Status Assessment (SSA), concluded that the polar bear continues to meet the definition of a threatened species und  more