OVERVIEW – 2,792 new cases | 4 deaths | 184 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 58.7% of Alaskans 12+ vaccinated TAKE ACTION – Choosing to get vaccinated is the single most important action you can take to protect yourself and your community and to keep our economy strong. Learn more about the vaccines at covidvax.alaska.gov and […]
Early this morning just after 1 am, another of the approximately 800 aftershocks from the 8.2 magnitude July earthquake near Chignik. This aftershock, 71 miles from Chignik, is the largest to strike in the series. USGS says that they expect the aftershocks to continue in the area. The quake was felt throughout the Alaska Peninsula […]
“Biden has consistently fallen short of protecting the water that sustains all life on Mother Earth and continuously failed to honor our treaties.” On the heels of President Joe Biden’s proclamation formally marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a coalition of Indigenous and environmental leaders on Sunday delivered a blunt message to the White House: “We don’t need performative proclamations, […]
Anchorage police report that investigators have opened a homicide investigation after discovering a body near Campbell Creek in East Anchorage on Sunday morning. APD responded to East 46th and Folker Street at 3:19 am on Sunday after receiving a shots-fired report. Upon arrival at the intersection, police would find a woman lying dead from gunshot […]