Alaska Influenza Surveillance Summary, 2022–23 Season
The Alaska Section of Epidemiology (SOE) conducts routine influenza surveillance throughout the year, with heightened surveillance occurring October through May.…
EPA selects three Alaska Native corporations for $2.5 million to assess and clean up legacy contamination on ANCSA conveyed lands
SEATTLE – Friday the U.S. EPA announced that three Alaska Native Corporations were selected to receive $2.5 million in grant…
Sullivan, Murkowski, Peltola Congratulate Appointees to New Salmon Research Task Force and Yukon-Kuskokwim-Focused Working Group
Alaska delegation welcomes work to study increased variability in salmon returns ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and…
Coast Guard rescues 18 people from grounded boat near Valdez
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued 18 people from a passenger vessel that ran aground near the Columbia Glacier Thursday. At 4:35 p.m., Coast Guard…
Alaska Asks District Court to Confirm State’s Control of Fishery Management
(Anchorage, AK) – On Friday the State of Alaska filed a motion (489KB PDF) for summary judgment asking the U.S. District Court…
Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Georgia Election Interference
Former U.S. president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to allegations that he illegally tried to upend his 2020 election…
Clarence Thomas Discloses Three 2022 Flights on Right-Wing Billionaire’s Private Jet
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said the filing “won’t deter us from fully investigating the massive, secret, right-wing billionaire influence in…
Fairbanks Man Sentenced To 45 Years Imprisonment for the 2019 Murder of His Estranged Girlfriend
(Fairbanks, AK) – On Wednesday, Judge Amy Welch sentenced 31-year-old Kelly Sweetsir of Fairbanks to 45 years imprisonment for murdering his…
Anchorage Man Arrested for Recent Credit Union Robberies
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was arrested Wednesday on criminal charges related to recent alleged robberies of a local…
Senator Bjorkman’s Local Lumber Grading Bill Signed into Law
(Big Lake, AK) – Senate Bill 87, sponsored by Senator Jesse Bjorkman (R-Nikiski), was signed into law Wednesday. The bill…