We, as Alaskans have listened to stories from the right and left. We need to make choices for ourselves and for our families. We have watched as the pandemic that has stolen the lives of tens of thousands of people. Now, we watch as the epidemic comes to us once again. We need to mask […]
A HILLSIDE ABOVE LA PEROUSE GLACIER — Ben Gaglioti slices a foot-long blade through the trunk of a tree that died long before he was born. As he cuts the solid wood, yellow chips fly. A clean, familiar scent wafts through the air. I think of a cedar drawer in my boyhood home where my […]
Reporting data for 12 a.m. – 11:59 p.m. July 21-22 OVERVIEW – 447 new cases | 2 deaths | 79 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 52% of Alaskans 12+ vaccinated TAKE ACTION – Choosing to get vaccinated is the single most important action you can take to protect yourself and your community and to reopen our […]
Village police in Hooper Bay notified troopers of the death of a Hooper Bay woman at 3:45 am on Thursday, According to the report, the woman, 37-year-old Jennifer Smart-Tinker, who lived in a connex in the village, died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The preliminary investigation determined that Tinker died from poisoning because of a generator […]