NOAA announces 2022 charter and commercial halibut management measures Pacific halibut season opens Sunday, March 6 statewide in Alaska, according to a final rule just posted in the Federal Register by NOAA Fisheries. The regulations, adopted at the annual meeting of the International Pacific Halibut Commission in January, go into effect immediately. Included in this season’s federal […]
Walker: ‘Today, my thoughts are with those who have struggled with addiction or lost a loved one to opioids’ ANCHORAGE – The State of Alaska this week announced a settlement with pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids and played a role in perpetuating the public health crisis that harmed countless Alaskans. $26 billion will be distributed nationally […]
OVERVIEW – 648 new cases | 0 deaths* | 71 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 59.2% 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. […]
SOTU Response from Governor Mike Dunleavy on Vimeo. (Anchorage) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued statements on energy Tuesday night in his reaction to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. “Mr. President, we need to view Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine as the imperialist aggression that it is and to recognize it as […]