BANGKOK — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expressing concern about the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has conducted yet another day of airstrikes aimed at militants who have been firing rockets into southern Israel.
What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose.
JUNEAU — Momentum for statewide tobacco-free workplaces continues to spread in Alaska. The Skagway Tribal Council and the Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan) recently adopted local, comprehensive tobacco-free workplace resolutions.
JUNEAU — The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Behavioral Health/Suicide Prevention Program and the Juneau office of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on Saturday, Nov. 17, will join hundreds of other sites around the world to host a Juneau event for the 14th Annual International Survivors of Suicide Day.