JUNEAU – Monday, legislation passed the State Legislature that enshrined the historic and landmark Tribal Child Welfare compact in Alaska Statute. House Bill 184 codifies the Tribal Child Welfare compact, a government-to-government agreement between the State of Alaska and eighteen Tribes and tribal organizations that seeks to address the deep structural inequities in the way […]
Click It or Ticket Campaign to run through June 6 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers will be conducting additional traffic patrols through June 6th as part of the Click It or Ticket campaign. Nationwide it is estimated that about 15,000 lives were saved in 2017 by motorists wearing their seatbelts. […]
(Juneau) – Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued three disaster declarations. The 2022 Spring Floods, the 2022 Lowell Point Landslide in the City of Seward, and the Galena Fire Hall roof collapse will now be eligible for State of Alaska disaster recovery programs. Governor Dunleavy activated Public Assistance and Individual Assistance for the 2022 Spring […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Arctic Guardians of the 176th Wing’s 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons as well as supporting wing units are ready to deploy worldwide as the nucleus of a personnel recovery task force using the principles and tactics of Agile Combat Employment. According to an Air University brief, ACE is a […]
JUNEAU – On a unanimous vote, legislation by Rep. Zulkosky codifying federal recognition of Alaska’s Tribes in State law for the first time passed the Senate Friday morning. Despite the shared values between Tribes and the State that seek to ensure vibrant and healthy communities, Alaska obtained statehood during an era of federal Indian policy […]
Reporting data for May 4-10, 2022 OVERVIEW – 1,629 new cases | 15 deaths | 41 hospitalizations | 64.9% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated WEEKLY UPDATE – DHSS updates all COVID-19 dashboards weekly on Wednesdays. For the latest on COVID-19 in Alaska, read the DHSS weekly update and DHSS data summaries: dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/COVID-19/clinicalupdate.aspx Notes: Layering protective measures, including vaccination, masking, ventilation, […]
(Anchorage, Alaska) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy’s upcoming Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference brings together subject matter experts and policymakers to engage in robust conversations about Alaska’s vast sustainable resources — tidal, geothermal, hydro, solar, wind, and hydrogen. For three days, some 80 speakers and hundreds of attendees will meet to strategize how to lower energy […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Friday, May 13, law enforcement officers from across Southcentral Alaska, will gather outside of the Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Lab at 4805 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Ave in Anchorage to honor the 68 peace officers that made the ultimate sacrifice in The Last Frontier. The ceremony will start at 3 […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The State Emergency Operations Center is staffed at Preparedness Level 3-responding to multiple disaster incidents throughout the state. Governor Mike Dunleavy declared a disaster emergency on May 7, for the Yukon Koyukuk Regional Education Attendance Area in response to the flooding in Manley Hot Springs. Manley Hot Springs: The […]