DHSS Wednesday announced 94 new people with COVID-19 and one death in Alaska. 92 are residents in 15 communities: Anchorage (39), Valdez-Cordova Census Area (11), Fairbanks (9), Juneau (7), Wasilla (6), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (3), Ketchikan (3), Eagle River (2), Kenai (2), Palmer (2), Sitka (2), one each in Chugiak, North Pole, Seward and […]
A large earthquake occurred 75 miles to the south of Chignik at 10:13 pm on Tuesday night prompting a widespread tsunami alert throughout south-central Alaska, the Alaska Peninsula, and the Aleutian Chain. The earthquake was updated to 7.8 magnitude from the initial report of 7.4. Aftershocks continued in the Alaska Peninsula area and by […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young, former Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, helped the House pass legislation reauthorizing funding for the Coast Guard through F.Y. 2022, included with H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In addition to reauthorizing Coast Guard funding, amendments increasing the […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, with the support of Alaska Congressman Don Young, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6395 – the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 – legislation to set the annual budget for the Department of Defense. In addition to supplying needed funding for military expenditures, providing a […]