JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 19 -- The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities issued the following news release: * * * Award fully funds Tustumena Replacement Vessel. * * * The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) has been awarded three competitive Rural Ferry Program grants by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), totaling $177.4 million to enhance the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS). This significant funding, provided through the Bipartisan  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following news: By Randy Roughton, U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications A checklist that then-Senior Airman Caden Soper wrote during his first U.S. Air Force assignment outlined the steps necessary to accomplish his long-term goal -- an Academy appointment. In 2022, Soper first visited the U.S. Air Force Academy during the National Character and Leadership Symposium as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: TONOPAH, Nev. Today, the Bureau of Land Management advanced the proposed Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Mine Project near Tonopah, Nevada, by releasing a final environmental impact statement for the critical mineral project. The proposed mine would be located in southern Nevada's Silver Peak Range and could potentially produce enough lithium to supply nearly 370,000 electric ve  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released the Supplemental Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (S-DHC). The S the final 2020 Census data product to be released combines the characteristics of households and the people living in them. The data are available for the nation, the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. These tables supplement the data about households and people released in the Demog  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Scientists studied(link is external) two populations of fish-eating killer whales: the Southern Residents and the southern Alaska residents. They wanted to know if these two populations of fish-eating killer whales eat different things and how their diets change throughout the year. This information will improve our conservation efforts. The Alaska resident killer whale population appears hea  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The Indian Health Service is announcing the award of an additional $1.19 million through six cooperative agreements to enhance tribal and urban Indian health system local capacity to provide dementia care and services. The total commitment for the new three-year awards is nearly $3.6 million. This new round of funding builds on early work and lessons learned from awards offered in 2022and  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 20 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today filed two briefs opposing settlement agreements that abuse the system and take advantage of the harmed Americans that the lawsuits were supposed to support. Google Settlement The Google settlement resolves a class-action lawsuit by Americans who were tracked by the search engine despite their wishes. Of the $62 million, $42.6 million will  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: * * * Smithsonian-Sparked Study Co-Led by University of Arizona Underscores Perils Presented by Unprecedented Rate of Human-Made Warming * * * A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. In a paper published today, Sept. 19, in the journal S  more