DENALI PARK, Alaska – The management of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined that there is adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in all areas of the 1980 park additions. Riders are reminded that all lands within the former Mount McKinley National Park on both the north and the […]
OVERVIEW – 235 new cases | 30 deaths | 56 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 60.2% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated Note: Another case of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been detected in an Anchorage resident. This is the second confirmed Omicron case so far in Alaska, but based on rising Omicron cases nationally […]
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is announcing plans to open a Complex Behavioral Neighborhood serving people age 60 and older who experience complex behaviors related to dementia. The addition, on the newly remodeled 4th floor of the Anchorage Pioneer Home’s Southside Building, will serve up to nine elders and […]
Governor Should Hold Press Conference With Experts, Provide Leadership, Before Fast-Spreading Varint Hits Large Numbers of Alaskans National experts are “expecting a surge of COVID-19 cases in the coming days to weeks” from the new, highly infectious COVID variant, Omicron. “We should get out reliable information to people so they can protect themselves and their families. Alaska […]