JUNEAU- Tuesday, the Alaska Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 9 modernizing laws governing Alaska’s alcohol industry. The total Title 4 rewrite bill allows the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to regulate the alcoholic beverage industry in a manner that promotes public safety and health while supporting the industry’s continued growth and economic viability. “Although Alaskans focus […]
Thanks to a combination of dangerously low temperatures and bitter winds, bone-chilling weather has overtaken the Last Frontier. Bettles, Alaska, located in the north-central part of the state, had a low temperature of 51 degrees below zero Fahrenheit Sunday morning, well below the average of 15 below zero F this time of year. During the […]
The Federal Administration’s broken promises are a slap in the face of Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans. Federal overreach has always impacted our way of life in Alaska. It is no secret that the Federal Government has been quick to lock up federal lands and slow to deliver on its promises. In a deeply troubling move […]
OVERVIEW – 3,082 new cases | No deaths reported* | 127 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 58.6% of Alaskans 5+ vaccinated * – As of the week starting on Feb. 6, newly accounted COVID-19 deaths will be reported weekly on Wednesdays. Please see this webpage for more information on the process used to report COVID-19 deaths: dhss.alaska.gov/dph/epi/id/pages/covid-19/deathcounts.aspx. […]