The U.S. moved a step closer Friday to having another vaccine in its coronavirus arsenal, after an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously endorsed Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID vaccine. Formal authorization for the vaccine could come in the next few days. The one-dose vaccine would become the third coronavirus inoculation approved […]
The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that aims to provide relief to businesses, governments and millions of Americans whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus crisis. Lawmakers voted early Saturday along party lines in the Democratic-controlled House, passing the measure by a vote of 219–212. The […]
Anchorage District Attorney Brittany Dunlop announced today that an Anchorage Grand Jury indicted Bert Christopher (“Chris”) Heitstuman on seven counts of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree and Attempted Sexual Assault in the Second Degree. Heitstuman was arrested on Thursday, February 25, and is currently being held on a $11,000 cash-only bond with a 24/7 […]
DHSS today announced 112 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 102 were residents in: Anchorage (34), Wasilla (27), Palmer (11), Fairbanks (9), Eagle River (4), Kenai (2), Tok (2) and Bethel, Cordova , Girdwood, Healy, Houston, Juneau, Kusilvak Census Area, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Nome, Nome Census Area, North Pole, Soldotna and Valdez. 10 new nonresident cases were identified yesterday in: Unalaska: one […]