WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public review and input on a draft comprehensive river management plan and environmental analysis for the Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River near Central, Alaska. BLM requests comments, including additional information and science that should be considered, by November 8, 2023.  The draft analysis considers a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River ANCHORAGE - Today, the Bureau of Land Management's Alaska State Office released the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) evaluating the Ambler Road project proposed by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA). The updated document responds to a remand by the U.S. District Court for the District of Alask  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 11 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded Alaska small businesses of the Nov. 9 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by the 2022/2023 Bering Sea snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab fisheries closures that occurred Oct. 10, 2  more