JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 18 (TNSPer) -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: Melissa Brooks-Johnson has been appointed as Interim Superintendent for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District. She earned her Superintendent Endorsement in 2017 from the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS). She was also the recipient of a scholarship from the PITAAS program -- Preparing Indigenous Teachers and Administrators for Alaska's Schools. "Melissa is an excellent example  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 15 (TNSPer) -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: Judith Daxootsu Ramos has joined the School of Arts and Sciences as Project Coordinator for the Haa Yoo X'atangi Deiyi: Our Language Pathway. Daxootsu is Tlingit from Yakutat, Alaska. She taught for the Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development UAF. She is a co-curator for the American Museum of Natural History's renovation of the Northwest Coast Hall. She serves as a clan  more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 17 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: Attorney General Treg Taylor and 23 other attorneys general (AGs) sent a letter to President Biden today, warning that litigation will follow the implementation of the proposed mandate for large employers to require their employees to either get a COVID-19 shot, submit to weekly testing, or be fired. The coalition of AGs outlined their legal and policy concerns with the man more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 10 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument on the State's appeal of the federal district court decision upholding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Roadless Rule). Senior Assistant Attorney General Mary Gramling explained during oral argument that the State "requests...the Roadless Rule [be vacated] due to violations of Alaska specific laws, the A more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: Governor Mike Dunleavy, today, thanked the Alaska Legislature for approving his $1.1 million in funding for DNA technicians Tuesday. Public Safety is Governor Dunleavy's top priority, and the funding advances a top public safety initiative. "I'm really pleased the Legislature saw the urgency of funding these technicians to collect offender DNA," said Governor Dunleavy. "It'll give the more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following statement on Sept. 14, 2021: * * * Following the Alaska Legislature's decision today to appropriate only $1100 for the 2021 Permanent Fund Dividend, Governor Mike Dunleavy issued the following statement. "In a year when the Alaska Permanent Fund earned almost $20 billion, and the total value of the fund exceeds $83 billion, there are members of the legislature that would love to eliminate the PFD, and grow governme more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy is proud to announce the arrival this week of two new Deputy Press Secretaries: Patty Sullivan and Shannon Mason. Sullivan is a longtime Alaska journalist and public relations professional with 11 years as a journalist in print, radio, and TV and 15 years in external affairs at local government and a global energy company. Most recently she worked as Senior Communications Advisor more PR