JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 16 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: (Anchorage, AK) - Today, an Anchorage jury found that the Alaska Department of Corrections was not liable for an attempted suicide in the Wildwood Correctional Complex in Kenai on Feb. 8, 2020. A woman in custody attempted to take her own life, depriving herself of oxygen for several minutes. Despite the prompt intervention of correctional staff, once discovered, the incident r  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 16 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: (Bethel, AK) - Today, 68-year-old Arthur Sammy Heckman, Sr. entered a guilty plea to one felony charge of Unlawful Interference with an Election for inducing or attempting to induce an election official to fail in the official's duty by force, threat, intimidation, or offers of reward. Heckman was indicted in July 2024 on eight felony charges and eight misdemeanor charges for m  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Donna Vojvodich, Historian, SPARS Stories History Program On Jan. 1, 1944, tragedy struck the Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) in Charleston, South Carolina. A young seaman serving as a telephone operator died in a Coast Guard ambulance enroute to the Navy hospital. She was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Who was she? Lacking a name to research, I entered her date of deat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced Tribal higher education opportunities and investments to train the next generation of agricultural professionals. During his remarks, Secretary Vilsack announced $5 million in grants to support Tribal students at land-grant colleges and universities through the New Beginning for Tribal Students (NBTS) Program. These programs ref  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Nov. 15 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release: Funding will support remote Alaska communities through the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Indigenous Engagement Program. Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced it will award up to a total of $1 million for seven recommended multi-year projects supporting remote Alaska communities through the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Indigenous Engagement Program. This  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Today, ahead of the third anniversary of President Biden signing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Department of the Interior released a new analysis that estimates that investments from the Law supported more than 28,000 jobs and contributed more than $3.3 billion to the economy in fiscal year 2024. "Today's report further demonstrates how President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is deli  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska. -Workers and self-employed Individuals within the City and Borough of Juneau who became unemployed as a direct result of the flooding that occurred on August 5-6, 2024, may qualify for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). In response to a request for federal assistance by Governor Mike Dunleavy, individuals residing in the City and Boroug  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 16 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Attorney General Anne Lopez and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "While we work to identify and reduce the amount of illegal robocalls   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is committed to protecting the public safety and well-being of American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander people and communities by addressing the recommendations of the Not Invisible Act Commission. The Not Invisible Act Commission is a cross jurisdictional advisory committee composed of law enforcement, Tri  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Announcement comes on the third anniversary of the signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law which included a historic $17 billion to modernize U.S. ports and waterways Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced plans to invest nearly $580 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund 31 port improvement projects in 15 states and one U.S. ter  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Native American women, like their male counterparts, share a proud tradition of military service. During the Revolutionary War, Tyonajanegan, an Oneida, fought on the side of the United States with her husband during the Battle of Oriskany, Aug. 6, 1777, in New York. She died in 1824 at the age of 84. The first active duty Native American women were four Sioux nuns, serving as Army nurses during the Spanish-Ame  more