EIELSON AFB, Alaska, April 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Carson Jeney The 354th Civil Engineer Squadron received their fourth Balchen-Post award for excellence on March 6, 2024, for maintaining Eielson's flightline throughout the winter season. Established in 1976, the award is based off evaluations of snow and ice control plans and pre and post snow season briefs. The award panel also takes into account tasks and accomplishm  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, April 9 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Carson Jeney, 354th Fighter Wing Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi visited Eielson Air Force Base April 6. The senior leaders spoke with Airmen from the 354th Fighter Wing and saw their progress on Agile Combat Employment despite challenges from the arctic environment. "Alaska is a   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: An Anchorage Police Department officer was convicted of 24 criminal counts today for his participation in a scheme to defraud a corporation of millions of dollars. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Nathan Michael Keays, 44, was friends with a ConocoPhillips employee, Forrest Wright, 44. The two conspired to use Keays's foam i  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the appointment of Andrew Lofton to serve as Regional Administrator for the Northwest serving Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. As Regional Administrator, Mr. Lofton will serve as HUD's liaison to mayors, city managers, elected representatives, state and local officials, congressional delegations, stakeholders, and custome  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, April 9 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Moises Vasquez, 673d Air Base Wing Public Affairs Anthony Cruz Munoz, chief of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility program for the Pacific Air Forces, visited Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to conduct briefings across the installation March 25 to 28. Cruz Munoz said he gave the leaders of JBER the proper tools to communicate with their Airmen,  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * New insight on how climate drives salmon survival provides key information for sustainable management and resilient fishing communities. * * * The world's largest run of sockeye salmon begins in Bristol Bay river systems that flow into the Bering Sea. There young salmon face a crucial bottleneck: they must find good food and condition  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded Alaska with $20 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program, which is designed to build research and development capacity, competitiveness and education in U.S. states and territories that have not received the levels of investment seen in other parts of the country. The five-year Research Infrastruc  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The White House issued the following news release: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Alaska and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm, flooding, and landslides on November 20, 2023. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Alaska to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe storm, flooding and landslides on Nov. 20, 2023. Public Assistance federal funding is available to the state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 9 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Alaska following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storm, flooding, and landslides on Nov. 20, 2023, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Private nonprofits that prov  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, April 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Carson Jeney Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi visited Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 6, 2024. Kendall, Allvin, and Flosi spoke with Airmen from the 354th Fighter Wing and saw their progress on Agile Combat Employment despite challenges from the Arctic envir  more