OVERVIEW – 358 new cases | 0 deaths* | 43 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 59.4% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated To check variant data for Alaska, please check the Alaska Coronavirus Variants Dashboard at akvariants.github.io. TAKE ACTION – Choosing to get vaccinated is the single most important action you can take to protect yourself and your community and to […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Office of Alaska At-Large released the following message from the Speaker of the House: Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House and longest-serving Republican representative, will lie in state in National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol on Tuesday, March 29. Congressman Don Young was re-elected […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s invalidation of an Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) land exchange agreement between the Department of Interior (DOI) and King Cove Corporation (KCC). KCC intends to use the land it will obtain in the exchange to build a road to the City of Cold Bay […]
The longest-serving member in the U.S. House of Representatives and Alaska’s only Representative, Don Young, passed away on Concourse B at LAX as he was traveling home to Alaska on Friday. He was 88 years of age. His wife was by his side. Representative Young was born in Meridian, Sutter County, California on June 9th, […]