When my little Ford pickup chugged into Alaska 36 years ago this month, I didn’t know a wheel dog from a dog salmon. You could have told me the North Slope was connected to the Panhandle by the Chain and I would have believed you. Back then, I mispronounced the name of my new home […]
By the time the fire that swept through the Straits Packing cannery on August 6th, 1920 was finally out, it was reported that only a lone bunkhouse building was left standing. The southeast Alaska cannery, was originally constructed for Gustav and Company in 1911, and was sold to Straits Packing prior to the 1920 fire. […]
Reporting data for July 27 – August 2, 2022 OVERVIEW – 3,284 new cases | 0 newly reported deaths | 74 hospitalizations | 27.8% of Alaskans boosted WEEKLY UPDATE – DOH updates all COVID-19 dashboards weekly on Wednesdays. For the latest on COVID-19 in Alaska, read the DOH weekly update and DOH data summaries: health.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/COVID-19/communications.aspx Notes: Layering protective measures, including vaccination, masking, ventilation, handwashing, physical distancing, testing, […]
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandria Preston U.S. Coast Guard District 17 A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak C-130 Hercules aircrew assisted the Alaska State Troopers in locating three male overdue boaters near Haven Bay, Alaska, Friday. The Alaska State Troopers requested assistance from the Coast Guard in searching for the three boaters that were […]