JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 28 -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: On Friday, February 5th at 7:00 p.m., the University of Alaska Southeast is hosting an Alaska Airlines Student Concert Series event, Pamyua. The concert is FREE and open to the public. The concert will be set up as a drive-in at the University's main parking lot. KTOO will broadcast the performance live for all who are able to tune in as well. Brought to you by UAS Student Activities Board, the Gol more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 28 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Jan. 27: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced the reappointment of Dale Anderson and the appointment of Ralph Seekins to the University of Alaska Board of Regents. Dale Anderson has served on the Board of Regents since 2012. He is currently a senior consultant with Merrill Lynch in Juneau, and has an extensive record of community involvement including City and Borough of Juneau assemblyman, A more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced a bill (SB 56) relating to the extension of the public health disaster issued on January 15, 2021. This bill would extend the public health disaster emergency period to the end of the federal fiscal year, September 30, 2021, or until the commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services certifies to the governor that there is no longer an outbreak of COVID-19  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: One year from the arrival of the repatriation flight from Wuhan, China through Alaska, Governor Mike Dunleavy looks back at the shared successes and the devastating losses incurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since we received the flight of U.S citizens from Wuhan on January 28, 2020, my administration has worked daily to coordinate response efforts, keep Alaskans informed, mitigate the spread of COVID-19 more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy announced he has appointed Treg Taylor as Attorney General for the Alaska Department of Law and will submit his name for confirmation to the Alaska Legislature this session. Ed Sniffen has removed himself for consideration as Attorney General and will be leaving state service. "Alaska is facing some unprecedented challenges and some remarkable opportunities. Treg Taylor brings to  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Ahead of his third State of the State address to Alaskans, Governor Mike Dunleavy has shared a brief video message and the topics of his speech. Due to complications created by the COVID-19 global pandemic, Governor Dunleavy will deliver his address virtually from his Anchorage office this evening, Thursday, January 28 at 7:00pm AKST. In tonight's address, Governor Dunleavy will highlight the need to gu more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy welcomes the signing of a lease agreement between Alaska Cargo and Cold Storage, LLC (ACCS) and the State of Alaska to develop a 32.5-million-cubic-foot cold storage at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC). The agreement is a product of coordination between Governor Dunleavy's Alaska Development Team, the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, the State's Dep more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 28 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Jan. 27: The second annual drawing of the PFD Education Raffle was held at the State Office Building in Juneau. Alaska Department of Revenue officials, along with bill sponsor Senator Click Bishop, drew four winners from the 9,833 entries. "Education touches all of us. We all want to help our schools, we all want to help Alaska's kids, and this is a great opportunity to do that," said Governor Mike Du more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 26 (TNSJou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: For a century, archaeologists have looked for the remnants of a wooden fort in Alaska - the Tlingit people's last physical bulwark against Russian colonization forces in 1804. Now Cornell and National Park Service researchers have pinpointed and confirmed its location by using geophysical imaging techniques and ground-penetrating radar. Russian Commander Iurii Lisianskii's 1804 outline drawing of the Tlingit fo more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Jan. 26 (TNSJou) -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: Arctic sea ice is rapidly diminishing due to global warming, and scientists have found that sea ice dynamics have a big impact on circulation and precipitation patterns in Arctic Alaska, which lies at a climatological crossroads between the Arctic and North Pacific oceans. Recent studies--most of which focus on current trends in the region and on what will happen in the future--have shown that circula more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 29 (TNSJou) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: Although having a diverse physician workforce is critical to meeting health care needs in underserved communities, efforts to diversify medicine with and for Native Americans are lacking, concludes an Oregon Health & Science University paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open and primarily written by American Indian physicians. Health disparities  more PR