DHSS today announced 121 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 118 are residents in: Anchorage (76), Fairbanks (16), Bethel (3), Juneau (3), Wasilla (3), Eagle River (2), Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area (2), Nome Census Area (2), Utqiaġvik (2), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (2) and one each in Cordova, Ketchikan, Nome, North Pole, Sitka, Yakutat/Hoonah-Angoon census areas and one in a location […]
Over 50 warships and at least 40 aircraft from the Russian navy are conducting war games in the International waters of the Bering Sea this week in what is the largest such games in the area since the Soviet Era. In a released statement, Russia’s navy chief, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov said, We are holding […]
Wednesday the Alaska Supreme Court upheld Superior Court Judge William F. Morse’s ruling ordering Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer (R-Anchorage) to correct the ballot summary for Ballot Measure 1, Alaska’s Fair Share Act, as requested by initiative sponsors. In a two page order, the court rejected Meyer’s appeal. The court will issue a longer decision […]
Lawsuit charges BLM with violating NEPA, other laws in plan to hand public land to fossil fuel industry ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Six groups filed a lawsuit Monday, August 24 in U.S. District Court charging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management with breaking the law by advancing a new management plan for Alaska’s National Petroleum […]