JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 3 -- The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development issued the following news release: The Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development will hold a regular quarterly meeting on December 9, 2020, via audio conference. To help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the offices and boardroom of the Department of Education and Early Development in Juneau have been closed to public in-person traffic. Public participation for the meeting will be through the more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 2 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: This morning, Governor Mike Dunleavy expedited the release of the remaining $20 million in federal CARES Act funding for the Municipality of Anchorage. The intent is to have the funds distributed to Anchorage based businesses during the Municipality of Anchorage's Emergency Order 16 that goes into effect tomorrow, Tuesday, December 1. "Anchorage businesses, particularly the hospitality industry, are abou more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 4 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy and members of his public safety, emergency response and transportation teams are working to provide all necessary assistance to Haines and other Southeast communities following a record-breaking rainstorm that caused widespread flooding and landslides. The Governor and his team were briefed by local Haines officials on the emergency response and immediate needs this evening. "The  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 4 -- Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, R-Alaska, has issued the following news: The State of Alaska was the victim of data exposure by outside actors that targeted the Division of Elections Online Voter Registration System, which was built and maintained by an outside vendor and operated by the Division. Although some voters' personal information was exposed, the Division has determined that no other elections systems or data were affected. The Division's ballot tabulation systems, 202 more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- The University of Colorado School of Law issued the following news: The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the nation's largest and oldest organization of American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments, recently passed a resolution re-affirming the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and calling for measures to implement it. At its annual convention Nov. 8-13, 2020, NCAI passed a resolution affirming the Declaration, a st more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 1 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: Dr. X-'unei Lance Twitchell was presented with the First Alaskans Institute Young Native Leader Award as part of their November 2020 Smokehouse Gala event. Twitchell is an associate professor of Alaska Native Languages, based at the University of Alaska Southeast Auke Lake campus in Juneau. The First Alaskans Institute (FAI) Young Native Leader Award is given to those who have shown dedicat more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 2 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Despite the challenges posed by the ongoing global pandemic, second-year medical students from the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho (WWAMI) Medical Education Program at the University of Wyoming presented their research projects as part of a virtual symposium. The second annual symposium, presented Nov. 12, was divided into three "breakout rooms" where groups of students presented their summer r more PR