SEATTLE, May 28 [Category: BizAerospace] -- Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, issued the following news release: * * * Alaska Airlines launches new era of inflight dining with Chef's (tray) Table - a First Class experience Alaska Airlines launches Chef's (tray) Table, a new rotating First Class dining experience featuring seasonal menus crafted by celebrated West Coast chefs, starting with James Beard Award-winner Chef Brady Ishiwata Williams of Seattle's Tomo restaurant. B more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources released the following testimony by Michael E. West, director and state seismologist of the Alaska Earthquake Center, from a May 20, 2025, hearing on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: * * * Chairman Stauber and Ranking Member Ansari, thank you for the opportunity to speak about three bills: the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), the National Volcano Early Warning  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Alaskans Protest As Begich Calls Tax Scam Threatening Their Health Care "A Great Bill for Alaska" Thursday morning, Nick Begich cast the deciding vote for Republicans to pass their Tax Scam, rubber-stamping sweeping health care and food assistance cuts to give permanent tax breaks for the wealthiest few. Begich wasted no time trumpeting it as a " great bill for Alaska." He also calle more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management announced an appealable decision to convey surface and subsurface estates of certain lands to NANA Regional Corporation Inc., an Alaska Native regional corporation. This action is taken under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. The lands, totaling 27,787.32 acres, are situated near Kobuk and Kiana, Alaska. The decision addresses potential public access easements that may be reserved by the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Thomas Harris, vice president of Cape Fox Corp. from a May 21, 2025, hearing on the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act (H.R. 2815): * * * Thank you for scheduling this very important legislative hearing to consider H.R. 2815, the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025. First, I would like to thank Representative Nick Begich from our home state of  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol. 74 / No. 10) on March 27, 2025, presenting an analysis of newly reported chronic hepatitis C cases among adult Alaska residents from 2016 to 2023. The report offers insights into progress toward hepatitis C elimination goals and highlights demographic groups disproportionately affected by the disease. The study more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced updated per diem rates for government personnel traveling to non-foreign areas outside the Continental U.S., effective March 1, 2025. Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 328, issued by the Defense Human Resources Activity, outlines the revised rates for subsistence expenses incurred during official travel to locations including Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and various U.S. possessions.  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Even Begich's Family Agrees: He's a Failure "So-called budget bill" is not fiscally responsible -- "it's deception." In a scathing opinion piece, Nick Begich's own family has come out against his spineless decision last week to rip health care and food assistance away from the most vulnerable Alaskans and called out his ongoing pattern of rolling over to corruption. Tom Begich, w more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Melissa Charlie, executive director of the Fairbanks Native Association, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Delivering Essential Public Health and Social Services to Native Americans - Examining Federal Programs serving Native Americans Across the Operating Divisions at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services": * * * On behalf of the Fairbanks Native Association (FNA), a Native no more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Legal Intervention Aims to Defend Tongass Against Increased Old-Growth Logging JUNEAU, Alaska -- A coalition of conservation groups, Alaska tribes, a commercial fishing advocacy group and an ecotourism operator today filed a request to intervene in a timber industry legal challenge that seeks to revive industrial old-growth logging in the Tongass National Forest. The timber more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement Foils Crab Trafficking Plot in Alaska NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement led an investigation that resulted in a Kodiak fisherman being sentenced to prison for illegally trafficking diseased crab from Alaska to Washington. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska handled the successful prosecution. On May 13, Corey Potter was sentenced  more PR

RADFORD, Virginia, May 24 -- Radford University issued the following Highlander Highlights wrap up for the week of May 19, 2025: * * * Highlander Highlights: Week of May 19, 2025 By Pam McCallister Radford students take prizes at water resources conference Students from the Department of Geospatial Science won recognition at the 2025 American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Spring Conference, held April 28-30 in Anchorage, Alaska. Sophomore Kayla Fields won first prize and Annelise Bri more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs released the following testimony by Rep. Nicholas J. Begich III, R-Alaska, from a May 21, 2025, hearing on the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act (H.R. 2815): * * * Land is at the heart of Alaska's future--our ability to develop resources, build infrastructure, grow communities, and generate local opportunity all starts with access to land. Unfortunately, land exchanges, selections, and conve more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Advances Padilla, Sullivan Bill to Improve Cybersecurity and Telecommunications for Oceanographic Research Vessels WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) announced that the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation advanced their bipartisan legislation to facilitate cybersecurity and telecommunications upgrades for the 17  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Janet Alkire, chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, from a May 14, 2025, hearing entitled "Delivering Essential Public Health and Social Services to Native Americans - Examining Federal Programs serving Native Americans Across the Operating Divisions at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services": * * * Chairwoman Murkowski, Ranking Member Schatz, and distinguished members of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Sullivan Highlights Need for "Golden Dome" Amid Evolving Threats from China and Russia WASHINGTON --U.S. Senator Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), highlighted the need for President Trump's planned "Golden Dome" missile defense system, and the critical role Alaska will play, in an interview with Greta Van Susteren last night on Newsmax. Sen. Sullivan, the lead more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * The Early Reviews Are In on the GOP Tax Scam and Voters are Not Pleased Even though House Republicans attempted to hide their betrayal to the American people by passing their Tax Scam in the dark of the night, it hasn't prevented the flood of negative news coverage showing the public how House Republicans abandoned working families to side with the billionaires and ultra-wealthy. Fro more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 28 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Tribes, Fishing and Forest Advocates Intervene to Defend the Tongass Against Increased Old-Growth Logging Juneau, Alaska -- A coalition of conservation groups, Alaska tribes, a commercial fishing advocacy group and an ecotourism operator today filed a request to intervene in a timber industry legal challenge that seeks to revive industrial old-growth logging in the Tongass Nation more PR

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Bering Strait, a critical maritime chokepoint connecting the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, faces growing risks from increased vessel traffic, prompting urgent calls for enhanced safety measures. In a letter to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), Melanie Bahnke, President of Kawerak, Inc., a non-profit Tribal consortium representing 20 federally recognized Tribes in Alaska's Bering Strait region, has advocated for an Area To Be Avoided (ATBA) around the Diomede Islands a more ST