(Anchorage) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and First Lady Rose Dunleavy extend their deepest sympathies to the family of former Alaska Representative Jules Wright, Department of Commerce Commissioner Julie Anderson’s father, who passed away Tuesday. “On behalf of the State of Alaska, the First Lady and I offer our thoughts and prayers to the Wright […]
OVERVIEW – 4,519 new cases | 5 deaths | 81 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 57.9% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated Note: Protective measures against the Omicron variant remain the same as for the other COVID variants. Layering protective measures, including masking, handwashing, physical distancing, and testing help to reduce transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Using a self-test […]
(Anchorage) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) signaled that it plans to close millions of acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) that has been available for responsible resource development. “This request for additional stay and accompanying information makes clear the Federal government intends another […]
(Anchorage) – Assigning more troopers to communities in Alaska is a goal of Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and James Cockrell, the Commissioner of Public Safety. Seventeen new positions for State Troopers and 10 for Village Public Safety Officers are in Governor Dunleavy’s budget. On FirstHand, the podcast, Commissioner Cockrell says the Governor’s budget proposes the […]