(Anchorage) – Taking additional steps to better expedite the AK CARES Act Funding for small businesses in need of help, Governor Mike Dunleavy today notified the Legislative Budget & Audit Committee that he is submitting modifications to the AK CARES Grant Program to expand the eligibility for applicants. The expanded program details, delivered by […]
DHSS Thursday announced 79 new people with COVID-19 in Alaska. 76 are residents in 17 communities: Anchorage (37), Fairbanks (14), Wasilla (7), Bethel Census Area (2), Kenai (2), Northwest Arctic Borough (2), Utqiaġvik (2) and one each in Bristol Bay/Lake & Peninsula boroughs, Dillingham, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Nome, North Pole, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Willow and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. Three nonresident cases were […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The 17th Coast Guard District is scheduled to conduct maintenance on its VHF radio system Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. During this time the Coast Guard anticipates that there may be intermittent service outages throughout the state as the work is completed. Due to technical difficulties, Wednesday’s scheduled maintenance was […]
Local residents, who rely on caribou native to the refuge for sustenance, have called the area ‘the heart and soul of mother earth.’ Environmental advocates vowed to sue the U.S. Department of Interior following its announcement Monday that the Trump administration has finalized plans to auction off oil and gas leasing rights in Alaska’s Arctic National […]