ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 12 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, the State of Alaska asked the U.S. District Court in Alaska to find the Environmental Protection Agency's order on State land in Bristol Bay unlawful. The order prohibits and restricts development of State land on 309 square miles in southwestern Alaska with overbroad and unsupported prohibitions. "The Alaska Constitution requires that the State manage its resources  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 10 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news on April 9, 2024: Today Governor Mike Dunleavy released the results from a statewide public opinion poll on education in Alaska. The poll revealed strong support for increasing education funding, yet as a general approach to improving education outcomes, Alaskans believe that "change and reforms to the education system" are more important than "increasing education funding" by a margin of 1.7-to-1. While 77% of   more

ARCATA, California, April 9 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: Cal Poly Humboldt and the UC Davis School of Medicine have created the state's first post-graduate education program to help prepare Native American students for medical school at UC Davis. The Huwighurruk (pronounced hee-way-gou-duck) Tribal Health Postbaccalaureate Program seeks to enroll pre-med students passionate about providing health care to American Indian and Alaska Native co  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 12 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: The Alaska Native Heritage Center's Annual Spring Brunch Fundraiser is an opportunity for ANHC supporters to get together and ring in spring, raise money for the Center, and recognize present and posthumous community members who are making a difference. GCI has partnered with the Alaska Native Heritage Center since 2016 and has donated nearly $50,000 since 2018. ANHC is celebrating its silver a  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- George Washington University issued the following news: On Sunday, an engine cover fell off of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 and struck a wing flap during takeoff, forcing the plane to return to Denver International Airport. According to The Washington Post, the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident and Southwest Airlines said in a statement that its maintenance teams were "reviewing the aircraft." This latest incident comes on the heels of s  more

SEATTLE, Washington, April 8 -- Port of Seattle issued the following news release on April 6, 2024: The 2024 cruise season officially kicks off today at the Port of Seattle's Bell Street Pier Cruise Terminal at Pier 66. The Port and local officials welcomed Norwegian Bliss for the first sailing of the 25th year of cruises between Seattle and Alaska. As the season gets underway, the Port is hard at work finalizing the electrification of Pier 66 and plans to connect cruise ships to shore power th  more