(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy Thursday issued a Public Health Disaster Emergency Declaration effective 12:00am, January 15, 2021, until 12:00am February 14, 2021, due to the continuation of the COVID-19 virus in the State of Alaska. The Disaster Declaration enables the state’s ongoing response to the increased outbreak of COVID-19 and is necessary […]
A strong earthquake with a magnitude 6.2 hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island Friday, killing at least 34 people, destroying residential and commercial buildings and triggering landslides, local authorities said. More than 600 people were injured, and many others were trapped in the rubble of collapsed homes and other buildings, Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency said in […]
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a coronavirus response plan Thursday evening, emphasizing the urgency of passing legislation to help Americans through the pandemic and the economic crisis it has wrought. “During this pandemic, millions of Americans, through no fault of their own, have lost the dignity and respect that comes with a paycheck,” Biden said […]
DHSS today announced two deaths and 341 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 333 were residents in: Anchorage (110), Fairbanks (42), Wasilla (28), Palmer (23), North Slope Borough (21), Bethel (12), Bethel Census Area (12), Eagle River (12), Kusilvak Census Area (9), North Pole (7), Juneau (6), Soldotna (5), Chugiak (3), Fairbanks North Star Borough (3), Kodiak […]