JUNEAU, Alaska — March’s job count was 2.3 percent higher than March 2021, an increase of 6,800 jobs but still 11,900 below the same month in 2019, the year before the pandemic started. The leisure and hospitality sector had 2,700 more jobs than last March but 2,800 fewer than March 2019. The trade, transportation and […]
(Juneau) – Alaska is home to thousands of active duty military personnel and has the highest per capita population of veterans in the entire country. In an effort to build on Alaska’s relationship with the military, Governor Mike Dunleavy sent a letter to United States Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro this week, inviting […]
Alaska Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka today formally filed the paperwork to appear on the August primary ballot as a challenger to incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Tshibaka said she first decided to enter the race after Murkowski cast the tie-breaking vote to advance the nomination of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who has led President […]
OVERVIEW – 1,290 new cases | 7 deaths | 26 hospitalizations | 64.6% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated WEEKLY UPDATE – Starting Wednesday April 6, DHSS will update all COVID-19 dashboards weekly on Wednesdays. This change is part of our transition toward longer-term data reporting. Because there can be substantial day-to-day variation in data, weekly reporting is generally more helpful […]