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 […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the remains found along the Parks Highway north of Willow on January 9th have been positively identified as 26-year-old Arnoldine Simone Hill of Hooper Bay. While Simone was positively identified, the cause and manner of her death have yet to be determined by the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage, […]