JUNEAU, Alaska, March 3 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on March 2, 2021: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced today he is appointing and reappointing 56 Alaskans to various State of Alaska boards and commissions, and nominating two Alaskans to a federal board. Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission Melvin Smith - Anchorage * Term: 3/1/2021 - 3/1/2025 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors Vivian Stiver - Fairbanks (reappointment)  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 2 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on March 1, 2021: Governor Mike Dunleavy today appointed Glen Klinkhart as the Director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (AMCO). Klinkhart has been serving as the interim director since November of 2019. "I want to thank Glen for his proactive approach in finding solutions with the public, the licensees, the boards, the legislature, and AMCO during the past 15 months," said Governor Dunleavy.  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 2 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Today Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced the beginning of a joint effort with Voice of the Arctic Inupiat (VOICE) to advance issues critical to the North Slope's traditional and economic wellbeing at the federal level. VOICE is a coalition of 24 North Slope entities including regional organizations, tribal councils, municipal governments, and ANCSA corporations. "Self-determination is a critical ri more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 4 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy today called the move to expand the vaccine eligibility criteria for the state-allocated COVID-19 vaccine significant as part of the process in accelerating Alaska's recovery and getting the economy back up and running. Alaska continues to lead the nation in vaccinations. The newly eligible group, Phase 1c, will include persons ages 55-64 years, plus persons ages 16 and above who more PR

SPOKANE, Washington, March 4 (TNSJou) -- Washington State University Spokane campus issued the following news release: A low-cost, easy-to-administer intervention that uses small prizes and other incentives to reward alcohol abstinence can serve as an effective tool to reduce alcohol use among American Indian and Alaska Native communities, new research suggests. Published today in JAMA Psychiatry, the study tested a culturally adapted version of an intervention known as contingency management  more PR