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• Municipality of Anchorage Establishes Alternate Care Site in the Alaska Airlines Center as Precautionary Measure Mar 30, 2020
    Anchorage, Alaska: The Municipality of Anchorage Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is establishing a medical alternate care site (ACS) at the Alaska Airlines Center in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. An ACS is a temporary facility that provides care to patients who are stable but require medical observation and basic support. On-site preparations began last […]
• NOAA Fisheries Emergency Action Waives Some Observer Coverage Mar 30, 2020
    Federal fisheries officials responding to concerns voiced by longline halibut and black cod fishermen in Alaska have issued an emergency action providing authority, on a case by case basis, to waive observer coverage in some instances. The emergency action also waive some training and other program requirements while meeting conservation needs and providing an […]
• Suspect Taken into Custody on Assault Charges in East Anchorage after Inflicting Life-Threatening Gunshot Injury to Victim Mar 30, 2020
    Patrol officers with APD responded to a location on the 1500-block of Beaver Place at 11:22 pm on Saturday night after a call reporting a shooting there, APD said on Sunday. When they arrived at the scene, they found an adult male victim suffering from life-threatening gunshot injuries to his lower body. The victim […]
• Five-Year-Old on Hike Dies near Lunch Creek Trail in Ketchikan, Searchers Recover Remains Mar 29, 2020
    The search initiated for a Ketchikan mother and her five-year-old child on Thursday reached an unfortunate conclusion when the child was located deceased at 2:45 pm on Friday afternoon troopers revealed. 36-year-old Jennifer Treat, and her son, Jaxson Brown set out on a hiking trip on the  Lunch Creek Trail on Wednesday afternoon and […]
• Untitled Mar 29, 2020
    NUNA A’ULALUNI – EARTHQUAKE NUNA AULAKAN ALINGNARTUQ. – IT IS SCARY WHEN THE LAND SHAKES. The Kodiak Archipelago lies at the juncture of two major tectonic plates, enormous pieces of the earth’s crust that are continually colliding. Here rock formed on the ocean floor is scraped off the Pacific plate as it slides beneath […]
• With US Now Epicenter of Global Pandemic, Hospitals Forced to Consider ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Orders for Patients Mar 29, 2020
    “I never want to hear about socialist death panels again.” As the United States becomes the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic with more than 85,000 cases spread across the nation, healthcare workers around the country are increasingly facing difficult decisions about whether life-saving measures can be taken for some of the sickest coronavirus patients. Two weeks ago, […]
• Dems Fume After Trump Announces Plan to Refuse Congressional Oversight of Corporate Bailout Funds Mar 29, 2020
    “This is a frightening amount of public money to have given a corrupt administration with zero accountability.”   Progressive lawmakers on Friday evening denounced President Donald Trump’s intention to disregard provisions in the just-passed coronavirus relief bill that would provide crucial oversight of $500 billion in taxpayer money already poised to be a “Wall […]
• Legislature Approves Operating & Capital Budgets, COVID-19 Emergency Funding Mar 29, 2020
    JUNEAU – The Alaska Legislature early this morning approved the state’s operating and capital budgets for the upcoming 2021 fiscal year, and emergency funding to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. House Bill 205 totals $4.74 billion in state unrestricted general funds. It holds operating expenses relatively flat at $4.62 billion; provides $120 million […]
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• Governor Issues COVID-19 Health Mandates on Social Distancing, Limiting Intrastate Travel Mar 28, 2020
    (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Friday issued the State of Alaska’s 11th and 12th COVID-19 Health Mandate to protect the public health of Alaskans and disrupt the spread of the virus. COVID-19 Health Mandate 011: Social Distancing Mandate 011 states “all persons […]