JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaskans are scheduled to receive a nationwide test message on cell phones and through radio and television broadcast on Aug. 11 at 10:20 a.m. Alaska Time Zone. FEMA and the FCC will be testing these emergency alert systems. The message will be distributed through the EAS which is managed by […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy Tuesday unveiled his plan to help law enforcement agencies investigate and remove sexual predators and violent offenders from the streets in Alaska, giving survivors of sexual assaults more control over their cases. Today’s announcement furthers a top priority of the Dunleavy Administration to combat the high rates of […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Retired Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Harry Alexi pushed a gray industrial-grade platform shopping cart at the Bethel Alaska Army National Guard Aviation Facility. He needed the cart’s capacity to load up with bags of flour, boxes of cereal, cases of mac and cheese – all at prices a fraction of […]
Changes to the alert level system used to inform communities about what COVID-19 looks like in their area went live today. These changes to Alaska’s alert system will better align with CDC’s levels of transmission, make it more sensitive to recent changes in the number of reported COVID-19 cases, and provide more locally relevant information. […]