EIELSON AFB, Alaska, May 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Spencer Hanson The Natural Resources Office Sportsman's Wingmen program is a new outdoor recreation-based mentor and volunteer program. Through the program, community members have the opportunity to sharpen their hunting, fishing, trapping, outdoor skills and share knowledge with others. The intent of the Sportsman's Wingmen program is to informally connect the communit  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 11 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District will host a public meeting to gather and consider public comments on the annual maintenance dredging project for Dillingham small boat harbor. The event will be held on Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, 141 Main Street, Dillingham, Alaska 99576. USACE representatives will be available to answer questi  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, May 7 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District prepared a regional implementation manual for the evaluation of dredged material proposed for discharge into waters of the United States and is seeking public comment on the draft document. The "Alaska Dredged Material Evaluation Framework," or ADMEF, aims to provide guidance for the Alaska District's civil work  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 7 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded Alaska private nonprofit organizations of the June 5, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by severe storm, flooding and landslides that occurred on Nov. 20, 2023. Private nonprofits t  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following commentary on May 8, 2024: * * * How Mentoring is Reaching New Teachers in Rural Alaska By Abigail Swisher, Rural Impact Fellow, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Spanning 37,000 miles across Alaska, the Northwest Arctic Borough School District has struggled to hire and retain enough new teachers. The eleven villages within the district - many of them above the Arctic Circle - are sparsely populated and rem  more

SEATTLE, Washington, May 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: * * * EPA announces latest round of funding toward President Biden's commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking water * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $28,650,000 from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to help Alaska identify and replace lead service lines, preven  more

FAIRCHILD AFB, Washington, May 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Fairchild Air Force Base (92nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Matthew Arachikavitz, 92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Airmen assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, 141st ARW and 912th Air Refueling Squadron conducted exercise Royal Flush at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington and Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 29-May 7, 2024. During the first phase of the two-part exercise, Airmen launch  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten and the Justice Department joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities, in recognizing May 5, 2024, as National Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day. "Today is a day of reflection and commitment  more

MCCONNELL AFB, Kansas, May 9 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: The 22nd Air Refueling Wing participated in the Pacific Air Forces-directed joint exercise RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 24-1, involving multiple units and aircraft from the Italian Air Force, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy from April 22 to May 3. The exercise took place within the expansive Joint Pacific-Alaska Range Complex, a 77,000- square-mile training  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: A Compton man who led a Southern California-based drug trafficking organization that shipped kilogram quantities of cocaine to Alaska via commercial flights and U.S. mail pleaded guilty today to a federal narcotics charge. Raul Cisneros Jr., 45, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. He has been in federal custody since Oc  more