Alaska COVID-19 Case Count Summary: Dec. 3, 2020
DHSS today announced eight Alaska resident deaths and 760 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 755 were residents in: Anchorage (272), Wasilla (160), Kodiak (57), Eagle River (34), Palmer (33), Soldotna (27), Fairbanks (17), Bethel (16), Chugiak (15), North Pole (12), Kenai (11), Utqiaġvik (11), Delta Junction (7), Homer…
CDC provides new guidance that allows for shortened COVID-19 quarantines
ANCHORAGE — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised their quarantine guidance today to allow people who may have been exposed to COVID-19 to shorten their quarantine period from 14 days to as few as 7 days with a negative COVID-19 test. CDC continues to recommend a quarantine…
Alaska Earthquake Center receives USGS funding
The U.S. Geological Survey recently awarded the Alaska Earthquake Center a $2.85M one-year award to operate and strengthen Alaska’s earthquake monitoring system. The AEC at the University of Alaska’s Geophysical Institute has worked daily with the USGS on earthquake issues since the first MOU was signed in 1987.…
Army Corps of Engineers, in Abrupt Reversal, Denies Pebble Permit
In a surprise decision on Wednesday, the Corps of Engineers abruptly denied a permit for the southwestern Alaska…
Deaths Amongst Alaskan Adults Over 60 Increases in 2020
November 24, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – Adults 65 and over are twice as likely to be killed or…
Groups call for immediate public access to and public input on Pebble’s mitigation plan
Alaskans and the people of Bristol Bay deserve to see this critical piece before any agency decisions or…
Alaska Wildlife Troopers Put a Spotlight on Illegal Hunting Practices in Southeast
Citizen reports mobilize Troopers for enhanced patrol operations netting 35 citations. November 19, 2020 (Anchorage, AK)— From November…
October jobs down 8.8 percent from last October
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s October job count was down 8.8 percent from last October, a loss of 28,900…
