DHSS today announced 24 deaths of Alaska residents and 167 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 157 were residents in: Anchorage (49), Wasilla (22), Fairbanks (20), Kusilvak Census Area (11), Palmer (8), Eagle River (6), North Pole (6), Bethel Census Area (4), Soldotna (4), Homer (3), Kodiak (3), North Slope Borough (3), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area […]
Democrat Joe Biden, a fixture in Washington for nearly a half century, was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th U.S. president in a time-honored ceremony on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Biden, at 78, becomes the country’s oldest leader ever after serving 36 years as a U.S. senator and eight as vice president. He took […]
Washington — Today, as part of a flurry of Executive Actions that include rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline, President-elect Joe Biden will take immediate action to protect the sacred lands of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by placing a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities on its […]
Members of Congress, major news networks, journalists, and other critics of President Donald Trump responded coldly to his farewell message on Tuesday as the nation prepared for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. “Today is the last full day of the worst and most dangerous president in American history,” tweeted Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) shortly after Trump’s nearly 20-minute video message was […]
Fairbanks, Alaska — The Gwich’in Steering Committee condemns the Trump administration’s issuance of leases of sacred lands in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a violation of their human rights and Indigenous ways of life. “This administration’s decision to hand sacred lands to exploiters shows its commitment to continuing its cowardly […]
Action prompts resumption of recycling “mountains” of expended small arms brass cartridges (Seattle) January 19, 2021 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, today announced a settlement for violations of federal laws governing the handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes. On October 9, 2019, JBER self-disclosed that approximately […]
The Alaska National Guard departs Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for Washington, D.C. to assist the District of Columbia National Guard and local authorities with the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Dana Rosso) JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen and Soldiers of the Alaska National Guard departed here this morning just before […]
DHSS today announced one Alaska resident death and 130 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 125 were residents in: Anchorage (29), Wasilla (21), Bethel Census Area (14), Kusilvak Census Area (14), Bethel (12), Kodiak (5), Northwest Arctic Borough (5), Fairbanks (3), Palmer (3), Willow (3), Knik-Fairview (2), North Pole (2), Unalaska (2), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (2), and one each in Big Lake, Chugiak, Homer, Kenai, […]