OVERVIEW – 358 new cases | 0 deaths* | 43 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 59.4% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated To check variant data for Alaska, please check the Alaska Coronavirus Variants Dashboard at akvariants.github.io. TAKE ACTION – Choosing to get vaccinated is the single most important action you can take to protect yourself and your community and to […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Office of Alaska At-Large released the following message from the Speaker of the House: Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House and longest-serving Republican representative, will lie in state in National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol on Tuesday, March 29. Congressman Don Young was re-elected […]
“John,” the editor of a small Native American tribal newspaper, asked that VOA protect his identity. His paper, like an estimated 72% of media outlets in Indian Country, is owned and funded by the tribal government. And because the government controls the purse strings, leaders say they have the right to control what gets printed. […]
“With everything going on in the world right now, the dual polar climate disasters of 2022 should be the top story” Scientists expressed shock and alarm this weekend amid extreme high temperatures near both of the Earth’s poles—the latest signs of the accelerating planetary climate emergency. Temperatures in parts of Antarctica were 50°F-90°F above normal in […]