Statewide survey indicates confidence in Alaska’s efforts to manage the COVID-19 virus ANCHORAGE – A statewide public opinion survey conducted among residents in late February reveals a large majority of Alaskans approve of the State’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic response. The survey also measured awareness of the State’s vaccine distribution efforts, revealing a majority […]
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said this week that if Senate Democrats revive the talking filibuster in an effort to weaken the rule’s power as a tool of endless obstruction, he would speak until he “fell over” to try to block passage of a major expansion of voting rights as well as legislation aiming to protect LGBTQ people […]
DHSS today announced three deaths of Alaska residents and 157 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 152 were residents in: Anchorage (60), Wasilla (19), Bethel Census Area (15), Fairbanks (11), Palmer (7), North Pole (6), Chugiak (5), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (4), Delta Junction (3), Seward (3), Copper River Census Area (2), Eagle River (2), Tok (2), Willow (2) and […]
Troopers in Bethel were alerted at approximately 1:30 pm on Tuesday afternoon that a Scammon Bay man was being treated for a gunshot wound to the thigh at the village’s clinic. The cases was turned over to St. Mary’s-based troopers and they began an investigation. AST would find that 38-year-old Phillip Haskins had gotten into […]