JUNEAU – A Washington state man was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to eight years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. According to court documents, Roderick Ayers, 33, personally packaged 10 ounces of methamphetamine in a box which […]
EAGLE, ALASKA — While most of the town was sleeping, the ice slipped out. Breakup happened on the Yukon River here at its first settlement in the United States at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2022. That’s when meltwater rushing from side creeks into the colossal groove of the Yukon lifted a winter-hardened […]
Reporting data for May 4-10, 2022 OVERVIEW – 1,629 new cases | 15 deaths | 41 hospitalizations | 64.9% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated WEEKLY UPDATE – DHSS updates all COVID-19 dashboards weekly on Wednesdays. For the latest on COVID-19 in Alaska, read the DHSS weekly update and DHSS data summaries: dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/COVID-19/clinicalupdate.aspx Notes: Layering protective measures, including vaccination, masking, ventilation, […]
(Anchorage, Alaska) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy’s upcoming Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference brings together subject matter experts and policymakers to engage in robust conversations about Alaska’s vast sustainable resources — tidal, geothermal, hydro, solar, wind, and hydrogen. For three days, some 80 speakers and hundreds of attendees will meet to strategize how to lower energy […]