(Juneau, AK) – The State of Alaska’s motion to intervene in a federal case that would threaten Southeast Alaska’s salmon fisheries was granted by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on Tuesday. The Wild Fish Conservancy, a conservation organization based in Washington state, claims that Alaska’s management of fisheries under the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, toured and spoke at three of Alaska’s military installations, expounding on the Alaska National Guard’s role in Arctic Strategy, Mar. 23 – 25. “We are an arctic nation because of Alaska,” said Saxe, addressing the Airmen of Clear Air […]
Techniques to prevent the spread and eliminate tuberculosis mirror COVID-19 efforts ANCHORAGE — Alaska has retained the highest rate in the nation for tuberculosis, 7.9 cases per 100,000 persons, according to the annual national data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. Tuberculosis (TB), much like COVID-19, […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and First Lady Rose Dunleavy issued the following statement on the passing of former Alaska State Representative Ramona ‘Gail’ Phillips, who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1991 to 2001 and was Speaker of the House from 1995 to 1999. “Gail Phillips made significant and lasting contributions to […]