(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and First Lady Rose Dunleavy issued the following statement on the passing of former Alaska State Representative Patrick ‘Pat’ Carney, who served in the Alaska State Legislature from 1979-1982 and 1991-1994. “Pat Carney was a leader who made meaningful contributions in the Mat-Su Valley and the state as […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy Wednesday called the move to expand the vaccine eligibility criteria for the state-allocated COVID-19 vaccine significant as part of the process in accelerating Alaska’s recovery and getting the economy back up and running. Alaska continues to lead the nation in vaccinations. The newly eligible group, Phase 1c, will include […]
DHSS today announced one death of a nonresident and 189 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 173 were residents in: Anchorage (47), Wasilla (35), Fairbanks (18), Palmer (15), Petersburg (13), Bethel Census Area (9), Juneau (5), Chugiak (3), Eagle River (3), Homer (3), Bethel (2), Cordova (2), Delta Junction (2), Kenai Peninsula Borough North (2), Ketchikan […]
March 3, 2021 ANCHORAGE – The State of Alaska Vaccine Task Force has today significantly expanded the criteria for who is eligible to receive state-allocated COVID-19 vaccine. Those newly eligible can now sign up for an open vaccine appointment in their community. If you are not finding an open appointment in the community where you […]
The Coast Guard suspended the search for the missing helicopter pilot near Kodiak, Alaska, Wednesday. Still missing is Andy Teuber from Anchorage, who was reportedly flying a black and white Robinson R66 helicopter. Coast Guard boats and aircrews dedicated over 13 hours of search time and covered approximately 888 square nautical miles. Involved in the […]
Two Anchorage felons were jailed on several charges that included weapons misconduct after an APD investigation revealed that the two were responsible for shooting into the Champ Martial Arts studio on Northern Lights on Monday evening. APD responded to the Northern Lights location after receiving a report of shots fired at 7:19 pm. When they […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is responding to a report of a diesel fuel discharge, Tuesday, after a vessel sank near Sitka, Alaska. Sector Juneau personnel received a report, February 26, 2021, at 2 p.m., that the 52-foot fishing vessel, Haida Lady, sank and was completely submerged between Cobb Island and Silver Point South […]
The United States Coast Guard began searching for an overdue helicopter en route to Kodiak from Anchorage northeast of Kodiak on Tuesday. The black and white Robinson R66 with the tail number N1767, piloted by 52-year-old Andy Teuber, CEO of the Kodiak Area Native Association, departed Merrill Field at 2:09 pm on Tuesday and disappeared […]
The director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation told a Senate panel Tuesday that the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building aimed at preventing the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory over Donald Trump was domestic terrorism. “That siege was criminal behavior, plain and simple. It’s behavior that we, the FBI, […]