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CHICAGO, IL, May 10, 2022 – This week, the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative is celebrating Turquoise Takeover to raise awareness about lung cancer, the nation’s leading cancer killer. As a part of the important…

A strong DDR leader in her home country Nepal, Krishna is happy to look back on her career: “Initially, I started working in the governance sector in Nepal to support the country’s democratization process. Yet Nepal is a…

CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced today the West Virginia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner to the nation of Gabon in central Africa for the…

CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced today the West Virginia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner to the nation of Gabon in central Africa for the…

March 22, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas as the nation’s undisputed jobs leader following the release of February…

3:02 P.M. EDTMS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Hi, hi, hi. Q    Good afternoon. Q    Happy Friday. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:   Good afternoon.  Happy Friday.  We’ve made it today — or this week, I should say. Okay.  I have a couple things…

Singer Alicia Keys and her record label are donating $60,000 to a fundraiser started by a seventh grader whose local school theater program is at risk of shutting down, a rep for her record label Roc Nation confirmed. For 13 years, the…

March 14, 2024 – English River First Nation, Patuanak, Treaty 10 Territory, Saskatchewan – Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. The Government of Canada is working to renew the relationships between the Crown and…

The day he took office, President Biden pledged to be a president for all Americans. Since then, he has worked tirelessly to keep that promise by advancing a Unity Agenda for the Nation.  The Unity Agenda calls for solving…

March 5, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding five sites and proposing to add three sites to the Superfund National Priorities…

March 5, 2024 WASHINGTON — Today, Mar. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding five sites and proposing to add three additional sites to the Superfund…

March 5, 2024 WASHINGTON — Today, Mar. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding five sites and proposing to add three additional sites to the Superfund…

By JOSH BOAK and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX (Associated Press) WASHINGTON — A poll finds that a growing share of U.S. adults doubt that 81-year-old President Joe Biden has the memory and acuity for the job, turning his coming State of the…

                       Prays Good’s storyPrays Good provides us with strong examples of the teepee model in action and specifically the stakes and all four poles. Prays Good offers examples of changes she made for herself and a story of…

February 21, 2024 — Matsqui First Nation Territory, Abbotsford, British Columbia — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada The Government of Canada is working to renew the relationships with Indigenous Peoples in…

February 21, 2024 — Lake Babine Nation, British Columbia — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Today, Chief Murphy Abraham, along with other Lake Babine Nation representatives and the Honourable Gary…

February 21, 2024 — Lake Babine Nation, British Columbia — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Today, Chief Murphy Abraham, along with other Lake Babine Nation representatives and the Honourable Gary…

February 16, 2024 WASHINGTON – On Feb. 16, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the availability of $81 million in funding for eligible air agencies…

February 16, 2024 BOSTON (Feb. 16, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the availability of $81 million in funding for eligible air…

Overall cancer death rates continued to decline among men, women, children, and adolescents and young adults in every major racial and ethnic group in the United States from 2015 to 2019, according to the latest Annual Report to the…

In September 2022, Orono put up new signs featuring a nature scene with bicyclists and trees. But the likeness of Penobscot chief Joseph Orono, who appears on the town seal and the old signs, was reduced to a faint watermark.…

How the Rural Utah Project is Helping to Ensure More Indigenous Voters can Access Emergency Services, Google Maps, and their Democratic Rights Imagine not having an address for your home. How would emergency services reach you…

South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, was once the great hope of the international community. Born in July 2011 out of the shadow of Africa’s longest civil war, the fledgling nation in eastern Central Africa was…

South Sudan, the world's newest nation, was once the great hope of the international community. Born in July 2011 out of the shadow of Africa's longest civil war, the fledgling nation in eastern Central Africa was celebrated and…

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Airmen deployed to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations are dedicated to helping prepare fallen service members for their final resting place. A group of these airmen at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, recently learned…

Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com Many thanks for the  BDN’s  coverage of the innovative partnerships involving lands Trust for Public…

Haitian sovereignty is everywhere in a 1964 painting by the Haitian painter Pauleus Vital. Born in Jacmel in 1918 and active during the late 1960s through his death in the 1980s, Vital created a series of visually stunning portraits…

New York, New York, Jan. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Waterfront Alliance announced that the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project has become the 13th project nationally to achieve WEDG® (Waterfront Edge Design…

January 19, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated the strength and resilience of the Texas economy following the release of…

After four years and addressing 3,121 homes in Navajo Nation, Utah nonprofit can hang up their drill. Bluff, UT — Today, Rural Utah Project announced the completion of their four-year project to provide addresses to all homes and…

January 8, 2024 WASHINGTON – As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. - Seven California Army National Guard members of Detachment 1, 100th Missile Defense Brigade, epitomize the National Guard’s motto,…

GITANYOW LAX’YIP, Dec. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (GHC) stand resolute, ready to contest any attempts to transfer FLA16882 to a non-Gitanyow entity. This forestry license, deeply intertwined with…

Data is becoming increasingly important in our lives. It is used to make decisions about everything from what products we see advertised to what jobs we are offered. In this new weekly column, Datafication Nation, we explore the use of…

Latest action advances President Biden’s Unity Agenda efforts to beat the overdose epidemic, continuing commitment to a whole-of-society effort to prevent fatal overdoses, reduce stigmatization associated with addiction, and save lives.…

AK Chin Indian CommunityPinal, AZ.Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of TexasPolk, TX.1AlaskaEntire State.2Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, WyomingHot Springs, WY, Fremont, WY, Sublette, WY.Aroostook Band of MicmacsAroostook,…

The  Hammerskin Nation  is the most violent and best organized neo-Nazi Skinhead group in the World. As a former member of…

Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years December 20, 2023 WASHINGTON –…

Ak Chin Indian CommunityPinal, AZ.Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of TexasPolk, TX.1AlaskaEntire State.2Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, WyomingHot Springs, WY, Fremont, WY, Sublette, WY.Aroostook Band of MicmacsAroostook,…

Geneva, November 23, 2023 - The United Nations has unveiled an Action Plan to further advance its support to Member States in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This Action Plan is fully aligned with the call…

November 17, 2023 | Austin, Texas | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated the strength of the state’s jobs economy following the release of October…

Summary What is already known about this topic? American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons are disproportionately affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. What is added by this report? Five years after implementing a…

November 8, 2023 National list of top institutions and researchers published The Australian’s 2024 Research Magazine was released on Wednesday 8…

Suppose you are buying a new home that is located near a river that routinely floods. During the buying process, you learn that you are required to have flood insurance. A step in the process of obtaining this insurance is to…

ATLANTA (Jan. 26, 2016) -- As Winter Storm Jonas pounded the mid-Atlantic and East Coast, viewers turned to The Weather Channel Television Network (Weather) in droves. The network continues to emphasize the importance of live…

NOAA’s Weather-Ready Nation initiative is about building community resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather and water events. The National Ocean Service plays an important role in advancing these efforts.…

Communities looking to build resilience to storms—from hurricanes to river flooding—need a lot of information. One of the key things that they need is accurate height information. The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is undertaking a…

The grants will restore or expand natural features such as coastal marshes and wetlands, dune and beach systems, oyster and coral reefs, mangroves, forests, coastal rivers, and barrier islands that help minimize the impacts of storms,…

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF offsite link) and NOAA today announced more than $37 million in new grants from the National Coastal Resilience Fund offsite link (NCRF) that will support coastal resilience projects in 25…