DHSS Wednesday announced 91 new people with COVID-19 in Alaska. 67 are residents in 11 communities: Anchorage (51), Wasilla (4), Kenai (2), Fairbanks (2), Soldotna (2) and one each in Eagle River, Girdwood, Homer, Juneau, Prince of Wales/Hyder Census Area and Valdez. 24 new nonresidents were also identified in: Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11 seafood […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing, Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) slammed the Trump administration for ignoring more than a decade of scientific analysis on the devastating impacts the proposed Pebble Mine will have on Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Cantwell has been vocal about the disaster that the Pebble Mine would bring […]
EPA Region 10 supports Pacific Northwest and Alaskan efforts to identify and reduce toxic threats SEATTLE (July 29,2020)— Aggressively addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continues to be an active and ongoing priority for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA has made significant progress implementing the PFAS Action Plan—a comprehensive cross-agency plan to address an emerging chemical-of-concern that has appeared in ground and drinking water […]
DHSS today announced 137 new people with COVID-19 and one death in Alaska. 110 are residents in 19 communities: Anchorage (71), Eagle River (6), Juneau (6), Fairbanks (5), Chugiak (3), Wasilla (3), Kenai (2), Palmer (2), Seward (2) and one each in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Cordova, Homer, Ketchikan, North Pole, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census […]