ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 3 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced the following appointments and reappointments to State of Alaska boards and commissions. Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education * Donn Liston - Eagle River * Term: 4/1/2020 - 3/1/2022 * John Brown - Wasilla * Term: 4/1/2020 - 3/1/2024 * Madelyn Christiansen - Kodiak * Term: 4/1/2020 - 3/1/2022 * Barbara Adams - Nenana * Term: 4/1/2020 - 3/1/2024  more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 3 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced new steps taken to advance the Alaska COVID-19 Economic Stabilization Plan. Alongside a disaster order suspending certain fees and fines across state government, Governor Dunleavy highlighted major progress toward the creation of a state-backed loan program run by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA). The COVID-19 Disaster Order of Sus more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 30 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Early this morning, the 31st Alaska State Legislature recessed after finishing work on the FY 2021 Operating and Capital Budget, the FY 2020 Supplemental Budget, and extending the Public Health Emergency Disaster Declaration for COVID-19. Governor Mike Dunleavy appreciates the fact that lawmakers worked quickly to pass a budget and, that certain funding was included to combat aspects of the pandemic and more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 28 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: WHEREAS, emergency preparedness is extremely vital for survival in times of crisis; and WHEREAS, as one of the world's most seismically active regions, Alaska is highly vulnerable to earthquakes. Of the 20 largest earthquakes in United States history, 16 of them have occurred in Alaska; and WHEREAS, on March 27, 1964, Alaska was devastated by the Great Alaska Good Friday Earthquake and Tsunami. With a more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, March 30 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following proclamation on March 29: WHEREAS, throughout the history of our Great State and Nation, countless courageous individuals have bravely answered the call to patriotic duty; and WHEREAS, Vietnam veterans endured unspeakable hardships and endangered their lives fighting for our American values and in the pursuit of democracy; and WHEREAS, the Vietnam war lasted for 19 years and 180 days, making it one of the longest m more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 3 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) unveiled the new Alaska COVID-19 Dashboard in an effort to keep the public informed with the latest data available on the coronavirus disease 2019. "Our public health officials are constantly evaluating the flow of information and the best possible route for supplying Alaskans with timely information. The i more PR

NEW YORK, April 3 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: Every spring, American robins migrate north from all over the U.S. and Mexico, flying up to 250 miles a day to reach their breeding grounds in Canada and Alaska. There, they spend the short summer in a mad rush to find a mate, build a nest, raise a family, and fatten up before the long haul back south. Now climate change is making seasonal rhythms less predictable, and sp more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 1 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed Gregory Samorajski, former Deputy Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Revenue, as the next CEO of the Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS). Samorajski replaces retiring CEO Donna Mueller, who has served in that role since 2003. The appointment is effective May 1, 2020, and is subject to confirmation by the Iowa Senate. "Protecting the retirement security of Iowa more PR

LOGAN, Utah, April 1 [TNSgrants] -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * - The Earth's carbon can be stored in trees and plants, in the ocean, in fossil fuels deep underground, and in the soil directly beneath our feet. * * * The Earth's carbon can be stored in trees and plants, in the ocean, in fossil fuels deep underground, and in the soil directly beneath our feet. It is pulled from these natural stockpiles when plants decay, when humans burn coal for energy, when wildfi more PR