EIELSON AFB, Alaska, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Airman Spencer Hanson, 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs The U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal team here received a call on Sep. 28, from archaeologists who had unearthed a crate of TNT and executed a controlled detonation near Tok, Alaska. Air Force EOD members provide an emergency response capability for the Air Force and Joint Commanders to detect, locate, ac  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Aneta Veedmont, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently launched a large-scale soil washing effort to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl, or PFAS, pollutants at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The $27.6 million military construction-funded project is led by a joint team from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center   more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release: Dipping temperatures and the aurora borealis streaking across the night sky signaled the end of the second construction season for the Moose Creek Dam Safety Modification Project on Oct. 12 at the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project near North Pole, Alaska. With the onset of winter, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District capped off a successful   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Office today posted a draft environmental assessment (EA) of a proposal from ConocoPhillips to conduct a seismic survey in the Willow development area of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPR-A) for a 30-day comment period. The EA will determine if the proposed action results in new significant environmental imp  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: * * * Results Show Underrepresentation in Leadership Positions and Significant Pay Gaps * * * The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released three reports focusing on different groups of women in the federal government: American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women, African American women, and Hispanic women and Latinas. The reports examined   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The National Security Innovation Network, a program office of the Department of Defense, issued the following news: The National Security Innovation Network (NSIN)'s Northwest Region has connected leading research organizations in the arctic to launch the Below Zero Medicine Tech Exchange. The Below Zero Medicine Tech Exchange is a collaborative project that involves NSIN, the 673d Medical Group, the University of Alaska Anchorage, and Arctic Spark, a program based out of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced that the National Park Service will distribute $21.9 million in funding through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program for the redevelopment or creation of new local parks in Anchorage, Alaska; Moorhead, Minnesota; Greensboro, North Carolina; Buffalo, New York; and Norfolk, Virginia. In addition, the Department is launching a nationwide to  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced that the National Park Service will distribute $21.9 million in funding through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program for the redevelopment or creation of new local parks in Anchorage, Alaska; Moorhead, Minnesota; Greensboro, North Carolina; Buffalo, New York; and Norfolk, Virginia. In addition, the Department is l  more