WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led passage of a Senate Resolution recognizing November 2022 as National Native American Heritage Month. “In November we celebrate Native American Heritage Month to recognize American Indian, Alaska Native, and […]
The Alaska Department of Health Weekly COVID-19 and Influenza Update has been updated with data from the week of November 06 – November 12, 2022 and can be viewed here. Key Findings: COVID-19 transmission continued to occur in most parts of Alaska during the week of November 06 – November 12, 2022. There is no clear […]
Alaska State Troopers reported that on Wednesday night a trooper assisting a moose/vehicle collision at mile 59 of the Glenn Highway narrowly escaped severe injury or death when a drunk driver hit their patrol vehicle. The trooper reported that as they were dealing with the moose strike they spotted a pickup truck coming directly at […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — October’s job count was 2.0 percent above October 2021, a gain of 6,100 jobs. Most industries were up over the year but remained below 2019 levels. Overall, Alaska was down 10,800 jobs from the October before the pandemic began. Although Alaska had moved past the peak visitor period by October, a small […]