JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 18 -- The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development issued the following news release: The Department of Education and Early Development (DEED), Child Nutrition Programs, announces the participation of Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) agencies in Alaska to provide meals free of charge to enrolled children without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. You can find a list of CACFP agencies on the Alaska CACFP website. These non- more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 19 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Dec. 18: Governor Mike Dunleavy today directed Commissioner John MacKinnon of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) to reopen the Silvertip Maintenance Station with equipment, personnel, and resources necessary to clear and maintain the Seward and Sterling Highways for the remainder of the 2020/2021 snow season. "Public safety is and will be the highest priority of my a more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 17 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Dec. 15: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today issued a Public Health Disaster Emergency Declaration effective 12:00am, December 16, 2020, through January 15, 2021, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in the State of Alaska. The Disaster Declaration enables the state's ongoing response to the increased outbreak of COVID-19 and is necessary to facilitate and coordinate the receipt and distribution more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 15 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Dec. 14: Governor Mike Dunleavy announced today his administration will introduce legislation at the start of the 32nd Alaska Legislature that requires state departments and agencies to end existing relationships and partnerships with financial institutions that have chosen to stop financing oil and gas exploration and development in the arctic. "We are the only arctic state in the nation. For over 40 more PR

AUBURN, Alabama, Dec. 16 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Over the past several weeks, the Auburn Center for Evaluation, or ACE, has signed contracts totaling more than $420,000. This continued growth underscores the center's mission of providing evaluation services to local, state-wide and international clients. ACE is based in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology in the College of Education at Auburn University. The total includes a ma more PR

BEMIDJI, Minnesota, Dec. 16 -- Bemidji State University issued the following news: Bemidji State University senior Jacob McArthur hopes to help other students reach success through his recent appointment as student ambassador for the American Indian College Fund. The program trains American Indian and Alaska Native students to serve as educational leaders in their communities. During the Spring 2020 semester, McArthur took advantage of Bemidji State's dual-enrollment agreement with White Earth more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 17 -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release on Dec. 16: Dr. Tom Thornton, dean of the school of arts and sciences at the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) recently published the Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Environmental Knowledge, along with Dr. Shonil Bhagwat of the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies at the Open University in the United Kingdom. This volume provides an overview of key themes in Indigenous Environmental Knowl more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 15 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's WWAMI Medical Education Program recently provided opportunities for clinical faculty and local physician volunteers to work together to give medical students real-life work experience. The WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) Medical Education Program offered three workshops/clinics last month in Laramie. An ultrasound workshop was presented at Ivinson Memori more PR