JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 11 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today unveiled his plan to help law enforcement agencies investigate and remove sexual predators and violent offenders from the streets in Alaska, giving survivors of sexual assaults more control over their cases. Today's announcement furthers a top priority of the Dunleavy Administration to combat the high rates of domestic violence and sexual assault acros more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 13 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy announced his decision that his administration will not appeal the ruling from the Superior Court regarding the Power Cost Equalization (PCE) endowment. The case, brought by the Alaska Federation of Natives and welcomed by the Dunleavy administration, sought clarity whether the endowment is subject to the annual legislative budgetary reverse sweep vote. Yesterday's decision, issued more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: In a continued effort to mitigate the poor 2021 salmon season among communities in the Yukon River region, the Dunleavy Administration today facilitated the delivery of 12,500 pounds of chum salmon to the region. "Spending 20 years in rural Alaska, I understand the hardships that the communities are facing when they cannot prepare traditional foods for the winter season," said Governor Mike Dunleavy. "W more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 14 (TNSPer) -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2021: In a major step toward improving the success of Alaska Native students, staff, and faculty at the University of Alaska, Interim President Pat Pitney announced today that Dr. Pearl Brower will lead the development and implementation of diversity and inclusion strategies at the university. Brower will be Senior Advisor for Alaska Native Success, Institutional Diversity and S more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 12 (TNSEve) -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: The Ironman Group, the international swim/bike/run organization, has selected Juneau as an official host for Ironman race events beginning in 2022. The University of Alaska Southeast will serve as the venue for the race start, the Ironman Village, all transition points, and the race finish. "UAS is very excited to partner with Ironman, CBJ, Sealaska, DOT, and other local organizations to b more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, Aug. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news on Aug. 12, 2021: By Jeff Richardson An international research team has retraced the astonishing lifetime journey of an Arctic woolly mammoth, which covered enough of the Alaska landscape during its 28 years to almost circle the Earth twice. Scientists gathered unprecedented details of its life through analysis of a 17,000-year-old fossil from the University of Alaska Museum of more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 10 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: By Eric Hamilton Botanists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of British Columbia have discovered a new carnivorous plant in western North America. Triantha occidentalis makes its home in wetlands and bogs from Alaska to California and inland to Montana. In the summer, it shoots up tall flowering stems coated with sticky hairs that trap small insects like gnats  more PR

PULLMAN, Washington, Aug. 10 (TNSGra) -- Washington State University issued the following news release: The National Institute on Aging has awarded a $14.6 million grant to a new WSU-led project battling disparities associated with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander groups. The project, called Natives Engaged in Alzheimer's Research (NEAR), will bring together 11 tribes, six academic and research institutions, seven more PR