BURBANK, California, June 17 -- ABC, a division of the Walt Disney, issued the following news release: Following its third consecutive win as the season's No. 1 entertainment network among Adults 18-49, winning six of the last eight seasons based on entertainment programming, ABC has set fall premiere dates for its new and returning series for the upcoming 2022-2023 season, including new female-led dramas "Alaska Daily" (formerly known as "Alaska") and "The Rookie: Feds" as well as the newest p more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, June 15 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced the appointment of Gabrielle "Ellie" Rubenstein to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board of Trustees. Rubenstein will take the seat of William "Bill" Moran, who is retiring from the board after 16 years of service. Rubenstein will serve a four-year term beginning July 1, 2022. Rubenstein's family first moved to Alaska in 2001, more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, June 15 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced the first salmon donation of 2022 on June 10, 2022, for communities adversely impacted by poor salmon returns to the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers. The partnership between the State of Alaska, Kwik'Pak Fisheries, Alaska Interior Fish Processors, and Tanana Chiefs Conference, Copper River Seafoods, and Lynden Air Cargo, Air Land Transport, brings 12,928 pounds of #1 Ke more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, June 17 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced three appointees to the Alaska Superior Court. The judges were selected from a list of individuals nominated by the Alaska Judicial Council. Anchorage Superior Court Ian Wheeles has been an Alaska resident for 391/2 years and has practiced law for 14 years. He graduated from the University of Idaho College of Law in 2007 and is cur more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, June 15 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: Governor Mike Dunleavy regretfully accepted Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige's resignation today. Commissioner Feige has served Alaskans from the beginning of the administration, and is leaving to devote more time to her family. Her last day with the administration is June 30, 2022. "Commissioner Feige is a shining example of what public service can be.  more PR

WACO, Texas, June 17 (TNSfund) -- Baylor University issued the following news on June 15, 2022: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded nearly $5 million to the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (BCHP) to continue their innovative "Meals-to-You" (MTY) demonstration project this summer in Texas, New Mexico, Alaska, and Utah. In addition to USDA, Meals-to-You partners with the PepsiCo Foundation, and McLane Global to provide a stable and reliable food source more PR

ITHACA, New York, June 16 (TNSjou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: By Tom Fleischman A combination of ecological field methods and cutting-edge artificial intelligence has helped an interdisciplinary research group detect eelgrass wasting disease at nearly three dozen sites along a 1,700-mile stretch of the West Coast, from San Diego to southern Alaska. The key finding: Seagrass wasting - caused by the organism Labyrinthula zosterae and detectable via lesions on the grass bla more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 13 -- The National Congress of American Indians issued the following statement on June 11, 2022, by President Fawn Sharp: * * * The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) announced today that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dante Desiderio is observing an administrative leave of absence, effective yesterday. "While we acknowledge the timing of this leave is inopportune given that the NCAI Mid-Year Convention commences on Sunday, June 12, the Executive Committee more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 16 (TNSfund) -- The University of Alaska issued the following news release: A major, long-time supporter of the University of Alaska system, Northrim Bank, has gifted $259,500 to fund UA initiatives that advance research about Alaska's economy and fiscal policy, expand business education and build entrepreneurship capacity. Northrim's donation also includes funding to five community campuses where Northrim employees live and work. "We are so grateful," said University o more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The Hearing Norton Sound study, which focused on school-based hearing screening programs in rural Alaska, showed that referring children to specialists via telemedicine provides significantly quicker access to follow-up care than referring them to primary care providers. The findings from this study led by Susan D. Emmett, M.D., MPH, and Samantha Kleindienst Rob more PR

SPOKANE, Washington, June 14 (TNSjou) -- Washington State University issued the following news release: Experiencing higher rates of certain cancers than non-Hispanic whites, many Native Americans have to travel especially large distances to access radiation therapy, according to a study led by Washington State University researchers. Published in the journal Value in Health, the study found that individuals living in U.S. neighborhoods with majority American Indian and Alaska Native populatio more PR