JUNEAU, Alaska, May 14 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy announced the appointment of Steve Rieger to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board of Trustees. Rieger, a former Alaska State Legislator, fills the vacancy left by the passing of Carl Brady. Steve Rieger grew up in Palmer, Alaska, and received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard College, and his Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 13 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy has directed the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services to work in coordination with federal partners to disperse funding to the Child Care Program Office (CCPO) in order to meet the need of childcare providers statewide. "My administration is committed to meeting the needs of Alaska's child care providers who serve as an important aspect of reopening our economy. We recog more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 12 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following statement on the death of Nome Mayor James "Richard" Beneville: "Richard Beneville was a true leader who left a positive impact in Nome that will never be forgotten," said Governor Dunleavy. "His years of public service - serving three terms as Nome's Mayor - and true love for the City of Nome exemplified his Alaskan spirit. "Nome will not be the same without Richard. Rose and I extend our deepest sympathies to the  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 13 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services has issued the State of Alaska's 18th COVID-19 Health Mandate on Intrastate Travel. COVID-19 Health Mandate 018 permits travel between communities on the road system and in-state travel by the Alaska Marine Highway System. Travel continues to be prohibited to communities off the road system that are not served by the  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 16 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services issued updates to the State of Alaska's 10th and 17th COVID-19 Health Mandates. COVID-19 Health Mandate 010 on International and Interstate Travel, Order for Self-Quarantine, has been extended from May 19, 2020, to June 2, 2020. Additional guidance was issued on Enhanced Protective Measures for Seafood Processing Work more PR

ORONO, Maine, May 12 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Karl Kreutz and colleagues previously discovered from ice cores from Alaska's Mount Hunter that a doubling of snow accumulation and 60-fold increase in summer melt since the 1850s -- the industrial era -- is linked to warming in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. The movement of heat from the Pacific, through Alaska, and into the Arctic contributes to Arctic amplification, or the rate of warming in the Arctic that's m more PR