SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Anchorage - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Anchorage, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $34.12 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissione  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Fairbanks - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $32.00 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissione  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 2, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * From May 2023 to May 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 30 states and was essentially unchanged in 20 states and the District of the Columbia. The largest percentage increases occurred in Alaska and South Carolina (+3.5 percent each), followed by Nevada (+3.3 percent). * * * Chart 1: Change in nonfarm employment by stat  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric announced today 22 awardees of a grant program aimed at preventing carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. The state and local governments were selected by CPSC, from a group of 31 applicants. CPSC will provide more than $3 million in federal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program (COPPGP) funds that will be mat  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Master Sgt. Hailey Staker, 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Arctic Defender, a German Air Forces-led exercise, is scheduled to begin July 8 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and is scheduled to run through July 18. As part of a monthslong exercise tour in the Indo-Pacific, known as Pacific Skies 24, Arctic Defender is the first s  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Arctic Defender, a German Air Forces-led exercise, is scheduled to begin July 8 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and is scheduled to run through July 18. As part of a monthslong exercise tour in the Indo-Pacific, known as Pacific Skies 24, Arctic Defender is the first stop for the t  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas issued the following news release: The final defendant in a racketeering conspiracy that resulted in the nationwide lockdown of the federal prison system has pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Juan Carlos Rivas-Moreiera, a/k/a "Juan Carlos Moriera," a/k/a "Stocky" pleaded guilty on July 2, 2024, for his role in a racketeering conspiracy in furthera  more