Changes to the alert level system used to inform communities about what COVID-19 looks like in their area are now live. These changes to Alaska’s alert system will better align with CDC’s levels of transmission, make it more sensitive to recent changes in the number of reported COVID-19 cases, and provide more locally relevant information. […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced Wednesday to six months home confinement and more than $400,000 in fines and restitution for illegally trafficking in walrus ivory and failing to report business income to the IRS. According to court documents, Walter Earl, 76, owner of The Antique Gallery, regularly trafficked in illegal walrus ivory for […]
Alaska State responded to the Tonsina River approximately two miles from the Richardson Highway on Monday afternoon after receiving a report of a drowning on the river via HELO 3 at about 1:30 pm. 36-year-old Reese Doyle flipped his kayak on the river while kayaking and would sink below the surface for ten minutes before […]
(Anchorage, AK) – In a continued effort to mitigate the poor 2021 salmon season among communities in the Yukon River region, the Dunleavy Administration Tuesday facilitated the delivery of 12,500 pounds of chum salmon to the region. “Spending 20 years in rural Alaska, I understand the hardships that the communities are facing when they cannot […]