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 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

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 28, 2025, entitled "Alaska Job Openings and Labor Turnover - March 2025": * * * Alaska had 20,000 job openings in March 2025, compared to 21,000 openings in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the job openings rate in Alaska was 5 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 30 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * DeLauro Statement on USDA Secretary Rollins' Illegal Restriction of Farm Recovery and Support Block Grant Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a statement in response to United States Department of Agriculture (UDSA) Secretary Brooke Rollins illegally restricting relief funding to small and mid-sized family farms in New England, Alaska, and Hawaii: "This grant was created to hel 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 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

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

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