KUALA LUMPUR – Scientists hunting the origins of the virus behind COVID-19 and clues for how to prevent the next pandemic say a growing body of evidence argues for expanding the search beyond China into Southeast Asia. Since the first confirmed outbreak of COVID-19 put the eastern Chinese city of Wuhan on the world map […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Four KC-135 Stratotankers and more than two hundred active-duty U.S. Air Force personnel will join the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing, Guardians of the Last Frontier, to provide aerial refueling capability for the United States Air Force in the Arctic region and around the world. Acting Secretary of the […]
The Valdez Police Department reports that the Valdez dispatch received a call reporting a dual stabbing at the local Boardroom Nightclub at 11:36 pm on Thursday night and both police and the Valdez Fire Department immediately responded to the scene. When the authorities arrived at the bar, they found two patrons suffering from knife wounds. […]
AGASUUQ – CORMORANT AGASUUT MAANI CALI AMLERTAARTUT. – THERE ARE ALWAYS A LOT OF CORMORANTS AROUND HERE. Four varieties of cormorants (Phalacrocorax spp.) live in Alaska, three in the Kodiak Archipelago. These are the double-crested cormorant, the pelagic cormorant, and the red-faced cormorant. These birds gather in coastal colonies where they feed on fish and crustaceans […]