JUNEAU, Alaska, July 18 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: (Anchorage, AK) - Today, Deputy Attorney General John Skidmore met with reporters to discuss how the Office of Special Prosecutions in the Alaska Law Department reviews officer-involved shooting cases. There have been nine officer-involved shootings in Alaska in 2024, five of them in Anchorage since May. "The Office of Special Prosecutions' review of use-of-deadly-force inciden  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 18 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON -- Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District awarded a construction contract for the Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) Channels project in the Aleutian Islands. J.E. McAmis Inc. of Chico, California, will dredge a 600-by-600-foot channel with a depth of minus 58 feet at the entrance to Iliuliuk Bay near Unalaska. Currently, a b  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: MILWAUKEE -- The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on four draft environmental assessments evaluating potential impacts from the proposed plugging of 30 orphaned oil and gas wells on public lands in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Working collaboratively with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the BLM proposes p  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1410) on July 17, 2024, entitled "Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers Second Quarter 2024": * * * Median weekly earnings of the nation's 119.9 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,143 in the second quarter of 2024 (not seasonally adjusted), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was 3.9 percent higher than a year earlier,  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Capt. Christopher K. Matassa relieved Capt. Matthew L. Tardy during a change of command ceremony at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland, July 17, 2024. Carderock's outgoing commanding officer, Tardy, and Rear Adm. Todd Evans, Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center/Naval Undersea Warfare Center, welcomed Matassa into the new position at Carderock's Raye Montague Center for Ma  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 10-90) on July 17, 2024: * * * In this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces an update to the Interim Eligible Locations list for use in the Enhanced Alternative Connect America Model (Enhanced ACAM) mechanism./1 Pursuant to the Enhanced A-CAM Order, the Bureau must provide a final report on the Enhanced A-CAM obligations and s  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 17 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on July 16, 2024, by policy analyst Jacqui Baldwin-LeClair and research assistant Ava LaPlante, both from the Center for Indian Country Development: * * * Through subcontracts, more Native federal contracting dollars flow within Indian Country and beyond * * * Native entities provide billions of dollars in services to the government annually through federal contracts. Defined as Alaska N  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: The National Transportation Safety Board releases additional details on its Aug. 6-7 fact-gathering hearing on its investigation into how and why a door plug departed from a Boeing 737-9 MAX passenger jet during flight. WHAT: Investigative fact-gathering hearing on the Jan. 5 accident that occurred when a left mid exit door plug departed a Boeing 737-9 MAX airplane, operated as Alaska Airlines Fl  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 18 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: Lt. Col. Wallace W. Bandeff assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District from Lt. Col. Brett Boyle during a Change of Command ceremony at The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, July 16. Maj. Gen. Mark Quander, USACE Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, presided over the ceremony attended by family members, district staff and c  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) works tirelessly to uphold America's promise as a nation of welcome and possibility and has made meaningful progress to improve accessibility to immigration benefits and services while working towards the Biden-Harris Administration's vision for our nation's immigration system, one that is based on trust, strength, inclusion, integrity, and accessi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The White House issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration announces $5 billion for new infrastructure projects and releases new tools for Americans to see how the President's actions are lowering costs and benefiting their daily lives * * * This week, the Biden-Harris Administration will launch its fifth Investing in America tour: Investing in America, Made in America. President Biden's Cabinet and White House officials will   more