Twenty years have passed since scientists released the first version of the Arctic Report Card, now a staple at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Way back in 2006, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration press people handed a paper version to reporters. Now it is a […]
[content id=”79272″] Robert Card, who officials believe to be responsible for the mass shooting in the northern U.S. state of Maine, has been found dead, state officials said Friday. Michael Sauschuk, the Maine commissioner of public safety, told a news conference that Card died from an “apparent, self-inflicted gunshot wound.” Governor Janet Mills said Card’s […]
[content id=”79272″] “This is unacceptable,” said the gun control advocacy group Giffords in response to the massacre. “Our country is being held hostage by a gun lobby that makes record profits off record gun sales & gun violence. In yet the latest mass shooting involving a gunman and a military-style assault rifle in the United […]
In recognition of September being Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Governor Bill Walker and Lt. Governor Byron Mallott are calling on all Alaskans to help prevent suicide throughout the state. In an email to state employees this week, the Governor and Lt. Governor stressed the need to reduce Alaska’s high suicide rates, and highlighted some of […]