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• October 25th, 1916 Oct 25, 2020
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• October 24th, 1887 Oct 24, 2020
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• Coast Guard Saves Sinking Fishing Vessel Near Icy Bay Oct 24, 2020
    A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew delivers a dewatering pump to a vessel in distress six miles south of Icy Bay Oct. 22, 2020. The fishing vessel crew members reported taking on water and the Jayhawk aircrew delivered a dewatering pump to the vessel to assist with flooding while crews […]
• Fireball in the Sky over Alaska Oct 24, 2020
    Katie Kangas operates a bed-and-breakfast in Ruby, Alaska. On the morning of October 15, she turned to look out her picture window, toward the cabin next door. She was waiting for her client to switch the light on, at which point she would step out and deliver his breakfast. Staring out into the darkness, […]
• Alaska COVID-19 Case Count Summary: Oct. 23, 2020 Oct 24, 2020
    DHSS today announced 242 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 239 are residents in: Anchorage (143), Wasilla (24), Fairbanks (21), Juneau (6), Kenai (7), Palmer (6), Chugiak (5), Bethel Census Area (4), Eagle River (3), Bethel (2), Chevak (2), Kotzebue (2), Soldotna (2), one each in Big Lake, Douglas, Homer, Kodiak, Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, North Pole, Sterling, Sutton-Alpine and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area; two cases […]
• Rushed, Reckless Seismic Testing Imperils Wildlife, Stifles the American Public’s Voice Oct 23, 2020
    WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 23, 2020) — The Department of Interior’s headlong rush to conduct seismic testing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge threatens iconic wildlife and Indigenous communities that depend on this pristine land. The rushed, 14-day comment period — in the midst of a global pandemic — all but ensures that the public’s […]
• Despite “It’s Going Away” Lies From Trump, US Breaks Coronavirus Infection Record Just 11 Days Before Election Oct 23, 2020
    77,640 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Thursday. With Election Day a mere 11 days out—and after repeated claims by President Donald Trump the nation is “rounding the corner” on the virus—the number of coronavirus cases the United States has now set a new record high. According to NBC News‘s tally, 77,640 new Covid-19 cases […]
• October 23rd, 1960 Oct 23, 2020
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• Five APD Officers Involved in Toakoana Drive Shooting, Investigation Continuing Oct 23, 2020
    While authorities as yet have not divulged the name of the suspect shot during a SWAT standoff in Eagle River, nor the names of the APD officers involved that opened fire on him, they have released additional details in the incident. APD reports that they responded to the 17400-block of Toakoana Drive at 5:47 […]
• Alaska COVID-19 Case Count Summary: Oct. 22, 2020 Oct 23, 2020
    DHSS today announced 210 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 210 are residents in: Chevak (58), Anchorage (55), Bethel Census Area (23), Wasilla (22), Kenai (9), Nome Census Area (8), Bethel (6), Fairbanks (5), Juneau (3), Soldotna (3), Eagle River (3), Chugiak (2), Palmer (2), Utqiaġvik (2) and one each in Delta Junction, Kotzebue, Kusilvak Census Area, Mat-Su Borough, Nikiski, North Slope Borough, Skagway, Valdez and Valdez-Cordova Census Area. No new […]