(Juneau) – Today, Governor Mike Dunleavy announced he has appointed Treg Taylor as Attorney General for the Alaska Department of Law and will submit his name for confirmation to the Alaska Legislature this session. Ed Sniffen has removed himself for consideration as Attorney General and will be leaving state service. “Alaska is facing some unprecedented […]
Public Safety Remains Job Number One for the Dunleavy Administration (Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy highlighted a number of accomplishments and priorities of the Alaska Department of Public Safety during his annual State of the State Address. Since taking office the governor has charged his public safety team to continue to make public safety […]
DHSS today announced 184 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 176 were residents in: Anchorage (67), Wasilla (25), Juneau (17), Fairbanks (12), Bethel (8), Palmer (7), Eagle River (5), Kusilvak Census Area (5), Bethel Census Area (3), Chugiak (3), Kodiak (3), Unalaska (3), Ketchikan (2), Matanuska-Susitna Borough (2), North Pole (2), Soldotna (2), Sutton-Alpine (2), and one each in Cordova, […]
Bowhead whales are true northern creatures, swimming only in cold oceans off Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Russia. These bus-size whales have the largest mouths in the animal kingdom, can live for 200 years and can go without eating for more than a year due to their remarkable fat reserves. Bowheads are also a rare […]