June 10, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced 20 new cases of COVID-19 in nine communities: Anchorage (7), Homer (5), Eagle River (2), Nikiski (1), Seward (1), Sitka (1), Soldotna (1), Wasilla (1) and Kenai Peninsula Borough (1). This brings the total number of Alaska cases […]
Interior Department Continues Hunting Expansion Across U.S. Public Lands ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Trump administration today continued efforts to repeal protections for brown bears and other wildlife on public lands in Alaska. In this latest step, the administration proposed to repeal an Obama administration rule that prohibited numerous ecologically harmful hunting methods on Alaska’s Kenai […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Six additional employees aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) M/V Tustumena have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total number of COVID-19 positive crewmembers to seven. The Tustumena returned to Homer Monday night at 8 p.m. with 41 people aboard, including the one known positive crewmember. Forty people were tested; this […]
June 9, 2020 ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) today announced one new death and 11 new cases of COVID-19 in six communities: Anchorage (6), Anchor Point (1), Haines (1), Kotzebue (1), Nome (1) and Kenai Peninsula Borough (1). Two new nonresident cases were identified in seafood industry workers. […]