KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew medically evacuated a man from the cruise ship Norwegian Encore in Chatham Strait, Monday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 7:27 a.m. and safely hoisted and transported the patient to awaiting Emergency Medical Service personnel at the Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center in […]
Reporting data for July 13-19, 2022 OVERVIEW – 3,815 new cases | 0 newly reported deaths | 67 hospitalizations* | 29.5% of Alaskans 5+ boosted * – The hospitalizations total in the overview reflects last week’s data. Due to a technical issue, up-to-date hospitalization data was unavailable when this bulletin was delivered. The Alaska Department of Health (DOH) is […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer should “do everything in his power” to immediately reinsert insulin price negotiation and a $35 monthly cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs into Democrats’ emerging reconciliation bill, said one expert. Hundreds of people affected by the United States’ sky-high insulin prices and more than two dozen progressive advocacy groups on Monday told Senate Majority […]
FAIRBANKS and GLENNALLEN, Alaska — On Monday, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Fairbanks District and Glennallen Field Office rescinded the fire prevention orders temporarily prohibited open fires on the BLM-managed public lands in eastern and central Alaska. Only one fire prevention order remains in place for BLM Alaska. The Fairbanks area Fire Prevention Order AK020-22-001 issued for […]