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December 7th, 1941: A Date that will Live in Infamy
It was 80 years today that Japan’s Imperial Navy launched a surprise attack on the Hawaiian Naval base of Pearl Harbor that would result in the United States entering World War II. The attack, designed by Japan to be a preventative action to keep the U.S. from interfering with their military actions in the Philippines, […]
COVID-19 DATA SUMMARY – Dec. 6, 2021
OVERVIEW – 558 new cases | 0 deaths | 77 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 56% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated NOTE – Please note that beginning Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, DHSS will be updating data on the Alaska COVID-19 Information Hub three times weekly (Monday, Wednesday and Friday excluding holidays) instead of five times weekly (Monday through […]
Governor Dunleavy, DOT Commissioner Anderson Announce AMHS Infrastructure Plan
(Kodiak) – Saturday, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and Transportation Commissioner Ryan Anderson announced their plan to re-energize the Alaska Marine Highway System. Among the significant capital investments is a new ocean-class vessel to replace the 57-year-old Tustumena ferry. “The Tusty has been plying rough seas for nearly 60 years and is approaching the end of […]
Biden Administration Announces Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
The Biden administration has announced a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday that the administration “will not send any diplomatic or official representation” to the Winter Games because of China’s “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses.” […]
AFN Releases Agenda for 2021 Virtual Convention
Dear AFN Delegates, Members, and Convention Participants, The 2021 AFN Convention, scheduled for December 13 and 14, is just around the corner! There are many ways to participate and watch. Click HERE for the agenda. You can participate by logging into the convention virtual meeting platform. Click HERE to log in for access to agenda updates, […]
Just 8 Pfizer and Moderna Investors Became $10 Billion Richer After Omicron Emerged
“Pharma execs and shareholders are making a killing from a crisis they helped to create,” said one justice campaigner. In the first week that the Omicron variant sparked global fears of a new wave of infections, a small handful of investors and executives with Pfizer and Moderna—currently the world’s preeminent makers of Covid-19 vaccines—saw over $10 […]
Bob Dole, Longtime US Republican Figure, Dies at 98
WASHINGTON — Bob Dole, a severely wounded U.S. soldier left for dead on a World War II battlefield and who later became a fixture for decades on the American political scene, died Sunday at the age of 98. Dole was the plain-spoken son of the Midwestern prairie state of Kansas, which he represented in the U.S. […]