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Anchorage Jury Finds State Corrections Not Liable for Attempted Suicide
November 14, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, an Anchorage jury found that the Alaska Department of Corrections was not liable for an attempted suicide in the Wildwood Correctional Complex in Kenai on Feb. 8, 2020. A woman in custody attempted to...

CLEAR Launches New Lanes at Portland International Airport
PORTLAND, ORE. and NEW YORK, Feb. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, CLEAR (NYSE: YOU), the secure identity company, is launching its identity verification technology at Portland International Airport (PDX), bringing frictionless and predictable...

Health and Wellbeing among Arctic Indigenous Peoples: Leveraging Legal Determinants of Health
Back to Publications View of the U.S.-Canada fourth joint mission to map the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean in August and September 2011. Photo: U.S Department of State The Arctic Institute Health and Wellbeing Series 2025 News Update The...

State of Alaska Challenges Federal Decisions Taking Away State Jurisdiction Over Native Allotments
February 4, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska filed a complaint today that challenges a series of federal administrative decisions that cast into uncertainty long-settled jurisdictional authority over land in Alaska. The lawsuit was...

The Grant Writer Helping Native Nations Reclaim Their Future
As federal programs disappear, Native American grant writer Jeremy Zahn is helping tribal communities hold on to their future. DALLAS, TX, UNITED STATES, July 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- For many tribal communities across the United States,...

Nova Minerals Discovers Further High-Grade Gold at its Wombat Prospect up to 360 g/t Au on its Estelle Gold and Critical Minerals Project, in Alaska
Anchorage Alaska, Jan. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nova Minerals Limited (“Nova” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NVA) (ASX: NVA) (FRA: QM3) ) is pleased to announce additional high-grade gold and gallium surface sample assay results from its 2024...

Koniag Government Services Expands Strategic Partner Program to Strengthen Commitment to Small Businesses
KGS welcomes two distinguished partners: Koniag Energy & Water and Spry Methods to the Strategic Partner Program CHANTILLY, VA, UNITED STATES, January 28, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Koniag Government Services (KGS), a leading provider of...

Attorney General Taylor Settles with Anchorage Chrysler Center Regarding Document Fees
January 23, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Attorney General Taylor today announced a settlement with Anchorage Chrysler Center Inc. regarding document fees it charged its customers that were not included in the online advertised price of its vehicles....

Nova Minerals Identifies Stibium Gold-Antimony Resource Drill Targets on its Estelle Gold and Critical Minerals Project, in Alaska
Anchorage Alaska, Jan. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nova Minerals Limited (“Nova” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NVA) (ASX: NVA) (FRA: QM3) ) is pleased to announce assay results for gold and antimony from soil samples collected at the Stibium...

Alaska Energy Metals to Explore Natural Hydrogen Resource Potential at the Angliers-Belleterre Project, Quebec, Canada
Highlights: Alaska Energy Metals owns claims adjacent to hydrogen soil gas anomalies recently discovered by Quebec Innovative Materials Corporation; these anomalies indicate potential for discovery of natural hydrogen (also known as white...

Governor of Alaska Opens Solar and Clean Energy Conference as World Future Energy Summit Enters Second Day
ABU DHABI, ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, January 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Solar, clean energy, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominated discussions on the second day of the World Future Energy Summit 2025, the foremost regional event...

Governor of Alaska Opens Solar and Clean Energy Conference as World Future Energy Summit Enters Second Day
ABU DHABI, ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, January 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Solar, clean energy, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominated discussions on the second day of the World Future Energy Summit 2025, the foremost regional event...

Alaska Energy Metals Announces Appointment of New CFO, Marketing Agreements, and Grant of Restricted Share Units and Stock Options
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alaska Energy Metals Corporation (TSX-V: AEMC, OTCQB: AKEMF) (“Alaska Energy Metals”, “AEMC” or the “Company”) makes the announcements listed below. Chief Financial Officer Kevin Ma...

State of Alaska Sues the Feds for Violating Congressional Directive to Develop Resources of 1002 Area
January 7, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – The State is suing the federal government for actions in 2024 that violate the statutory mandate of Congress to open oil and gas leasing and development in a section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge known...

Alaska & Texas Lead Effort to Push Back on Federal Overreach from Health Dept. Rule
September 26, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska and Texas are leading the effort to push back on federal overreach by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by fighting a new rule that ignores existing federal law and imposes unfunded...

Alaska Energy Metals Completes Inaugural Diamond Core Drilling Program and DHEM Surveys at the Canwell Property, Alaska, USA
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alaska Energy Metals Corporation (TSX-V: AEMC, OTCQB: AKEMF) (“AEMC” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the completion of its previously announced drilling program to test...

INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $332 Million in Grants from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Modernize Airports in 32 States
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced more than $332 million for 171 grants across 32 states to modernize airports through the Airport Infrastructure...

Reagan National Defense Forum Panel 5 - A New Axis: How Cooperation Between Malign Actors Impacts Military Planning and Operations
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Panel 5, “A New Axis: How Cooperation Between Malign Actors Impacts Military Planning and Operations.” Please welcome to the stage Mr. Oren Liebermann of CNN and our distinguished panelists. OREN...

Alaska Man Arrested for Threatening U.S. Supreme Court Justices, Their Family Members
An Alaska man was arrested yesterday in Anchorage for allegedly threatening to injure and kill six U.S. Supreme Court Justices and some of their family members. According to court documents, between March 10, 2023, and July 16, Panos Anastasiou,...

Alaska Energy Metals Announces Automatic Conversion of Special Warrants
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS ACCESSIBLE ON SEDAR+ VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alaska Energy Metals Corporation (TSX-V: AEMC, OTCQB: AKEMF) (“AEMC” or the “Company”) today announced that it has...