January 20, 2021 ANCHORAGE – Alaska now counts more people who have been vaccinated with their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and reported into VacTrAK – the state’s immunization tracking system – than residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 whose cases have been entered into the state’s data dashboard. Alaska is also currently ranked […]
Investigators with the Alaska State Troopers divulged additional information in the homicide investigation into the death of Hooper Bay woman Arnoldine Simone Hill and are requesting that witnesses come forward that could provide information into suspicious activity in the area where her body was discovered along the Parks Highway. Hill’s remains were discovered near mile […]
January 20, 2021 (Juneau, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a statement on today’s decision of incoming President Joe Biden to halt oil and gas activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The decision follows the historic lease sale held on January 6, 2021. Today’s announcement to shut down development in the Arctic […]
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 […]