OVERVIEW – 772 new cases | 0 deaths* | 91 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 59.1% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated * – As of the week starting on Feb. 6, newly accounted COVID-19 deaths will be reported weekly on Wednesdays. Please see this webpage for more information on the process used to report COVID-19 deaths: dhss.alaska.gov/dph/epi/id/pages/covid-19/deathcounts.aspx. […]
Washington, D.C. – Saaturday, Alaska Congressman Don Young announced that he is drafting legislation to authorize the seizure of Russian yachts and commercial vessels currently within the waters of the United States. His forthcoming bill, the Bringing Oligarch Accountability Through Seizure (BOATS) Act, will also authorize the seizure of Russian-owned vessels flying flags of convenience […]
Ice roads are unique transportation links moving goods & services in rural Alaska (Anchorage, Alaska) – Maintenance for a vital transportation link along the Kuskokwim River will be fully funded under Governor Michael Dunleavy’s FY23 budget. Funds for the Dick Nash Memorial ice road will help tribal transportation departments maintain the frozen Kuskokwim for travel in the […]
February 24, 2022 (Anchorage) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued today the following statement on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We pray for the innocent lives taken and still at risk in Ukraine in this unprovoked war. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian aggression and barbarous invasion into Ukraine is–in the words of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy–an […]