(Fairbanks, AK) – Alaska State Troopers are pulling diaper duty. Recently the need for diapers in rural Alaska was brought to the attention of Captain Ronald Wall of the Troopers Interior detachment based in Fairbanks. Captain Wall, with the assistance of a third-party vendor, contacted diaper distributors to see what could be done to broker […]
Back-to-back records: ANC expects strong numbers again in 2021 More than 3.48 million tons of air cargo landed at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) in 2020, a 16% increase over the record setting volumes in 2019. “The tremendous surge in cargo volumes through ANC has been fueled by an increase in e-commerce, PPE, and displaced […]
Wednesday evening, Governor Dunleavy spoke directly to Alaskans that he will not issue a new COVID-19 disaster declaration, despite his willingness to issue new disaster declarations in the past. Senator Tom Begich (D-Anchorage), the Senate Democratic Leader, issued the following statement: “These are challenging times. In the past, the Governor has seen fit to […]
DHSS today announced 186 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 166 were residents in: Anchorage (46), Wasilla (29), Palmer (18), Fairbanks (15), Bethel Census Area (12), Bethel (7), Kusilvak Census Area (6), North Pole (6), Ketchikan (3), Seward (3), Unalaska (3), Bristol Bay plus Lake and Peninsula (2), Chugiak (2), Eagle River (2), Soldotna (2), and one each in Big Lake, Girdwood, […]