Law enforcement professionals receive tools to navigate mental crisis in a caring way. (ANCHORAGE) — Students representing several state and federal law enforcement agencies and mental health facilities graduated Friday, October 25, 2019, from the Mat-Su Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Academy. Provided by the Mat-Su Health Foundation in Wasilla, the training offers law enforcement personnel […]
Washington, D.C. — This week, Alaska Congressman Don Young and Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME-02) introduced the Funding Instruction for Safety Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emergencies (FISH SAFE) Act today. The FISH SAFE Act is bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would increase the federal funding available for grants to support fishing safety training and research programs. […]
Alaska Sea Grant has received new federal funds to help develop aquaculture projects in Alaska and to work with partners on regional and national priorities. It’s part of a $16 million award from National Sea Grant that will fund 42 collaborative aquaculture projects across the country. Alaska Sea Grant and the Aleutians East Borough will partner on a project to launch a […]
[content id=”79272″] JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew and a good Samaritan boat crew medevaced a vessel captain after he was injured aboard a fish processing vessel northeast of Biorka Island, Saturday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitkatransported the captain from shore near the vessel to the air station, where they […]