On Saturday evening MATCOM received a report of a head-on collision near mile 50 of the Parks Highway and troopers and EMS responded to the scene. At the scene, troopers opened an investigation that found38-year-old Melissa Joy Labriola of Anchorage was traveling southbound when she crossed the centerline and crashed headlong into a 2002 Chevy […]
The Iditarod Nation lost a great storyteller on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Hobo Jim Varsos succumbed to cancer in Nashville Tennessee. Jim started his life journey in Indiana in 1952. He was raised in Madison Wisconsin, and began playing the guitar when he was 12 years old. In the mid nineteen sixties, Jim decided to […]
The Alaska Federation of Natives Friday announced that the 2021 Annual Convention will be all-virtual. After consultation with state, federal and tribal health officials, and reviewing current data trends, AFN decided to hold its annual meeting online out of concern for the safety and health of the thousands of attendees who come from every part […]
LLAANIQ – WEST, WEST WIND MACAQ LLAANIRMEN KALUTAARTUQ. – THE SUN ALWAYS SETS IN THE WEST. Among the world’s cultures the cardinal directions—north, east, south and west—are tied to the location of the rising and setting sun. For example, the English word west comes from an ancient Germanic word meaning down—referring to the direction where […]
Alaskans. As you are aware, when this pandemic had its beginnings, rural Alaska leaders and even those in our more urban communities, made the hard choice and closed down our communities of Interstate travel and in many rural instances, even shut down travel between communities. This abundance of caution resulted in the lowest COVID rates […]
OVERVIEW – 984 new cases | 3 deaths | 203 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 59.1% 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 […]