ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 13 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced today he is appointing and reappointing 57 Alaskans to various State of Alaska boards and commissions. Alaska Boating Safety Advisory Council Arpad Bruce Magyar - Anchorage * Term: 11/5/2020 - 9/7/2023 Advisory Council on Libraries Lindsay Hallam - Kenai * Term: 1/1/2021 - 1/1/2024 Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education Lindsay Hallam - Kenai * Te more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 16 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a series of COVID-19 Outbreak Health Orders following the issuance of the Public Health Disaster Emergency Declaration effective November 16, 2020 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in the State of Alaska. The COVID-19 Health Mandates issued under the March 11, 2020 Disaster Declaration are replaced with the COVID-19 Outbreak Health Orders (Orders), includi more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 21 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following statement: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and First Lady Rose Dunleavy issued the following statement on the passing of former Alaska State Representative and Alaska State Senator Jalmar "Jay" Kerttula who served in the House from 1961 to 1973 and in the Senate from 1973 to 1995 and impacted many areas of Alaskan life including education, health care, and the Alaska Railroad. He was the longest-serving member in the hi more PR

ADA, Oklahoma, Nov. 20 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: Lieutenant Commander Kayla Dewitt, a Chickasaw citizen, is continuing a family legacy of service to First Americans and earning recognition from the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) for her efforts. Lt. Cmdr. Dewitt's hard work and commitment to excellence earned her the award of "Junior Officer of the Year" by the USPHS American Indian/Alaska Native Commi more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Nov. 21 (TNSRes) -- Clark University issued the following news: When Arctic researchers embarked on an unusual late-season cruise to the Bering and Chukchi seas off of Alaska in October, they expected to find a biological system that had slowed down due to cooling temperatures. Instead, they encountered an ocean that was buzzing with activity spurred by unseasonably warm water, with sea ice formation still weeks away. "Climate change is affecting the Arctic faster tha more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 21 (TNSMon) -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: It all began in 1991 when Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation (now Coeur Mining, Inc.), parent company for Coeur Alaska, received the first-ever $20,000 DuPont/Conoco Environmental Leadership Award. Coeur took the money and used it to establish an endowed scholarship at the University of Alaska Southeast now known as the Coeur Alaska - Kensington Gold Mine Environmental Science Award. Coeur Ala more PR

ARCATA, California, Nov. 16 (TNSPer) -- Humboldt State University issued the following news: Cathy A. Sandeen ('76, Speech Pathology), who has risen through the ranks of higher education, was named president of California State University East Bay. Sandeen, currently the chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), will take the helm of CSUEB on January 4, 2021. "I am thrilled to return to the Bay Area to work alongside Cal State East Bay's gifted faculty and staff to further the ac more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news: Among seismologists, the geology of Alaska's earthquake- and volcano-rich coast from the Aleutian Islands to the southeast is fascinating, but not well understood. Now, with more sophisticated tools than before, a University of Massachusetts Amherst team reports unexpected new details about the area's tectonic plates and their relationships to volcanoes. Plate tectonics - the constan more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of California issued the following news release: A new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research points out the need for easier access to health data on the nearly 6 million American Indians and Alaska Natives living in the United States. The report's authors write that the lack of clear data and the challenges in accessing it make it difficult for researchers and policymakers to understand the health challenges faced more PR

BERKELEY, California, Nov. 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of California Berkeley campus issued the following news release on Nov. 16: Not every Arizona high schooler gets a chance to visit Alaska to study climate change. In the summer of 2017, 23 lucky students flew with their teacher, Clarissa Toupin, to the city of Homer to test new teaching tools developed at the University of California, Berkeley, to help students understand the complex processes now altering our world and irreparably chang more PR