DHSS today announced 251 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 241 were residents in: Anchorage (59), Bethel Census Area (58), Bethel (21), Wasilla (17), Eagle River (13), North Pole (13), Fairbanks (12), Kusilvak Census Area (11), Palmer (10), Juneau (6), Unalaska (3), Dillingham Census Area (2), Hooper Bay (2), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (2), Valdez-Cordova Census Area – Copper River […]
[content id=”79272″] Jan. 23, 2021, is the 50th anniversary of Alaska’s all-time cold temperature: minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit, recorded by a weather observer at Prospect Creek Camp. Now a clearing in the woods, Prospect Creek Camp was located near the confluence of Prospect Creek and the Jim River, just north of the Arctic Circle and […]
DHSS today announced 290 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 262 were residents in: Anchorage (102), Fairbanks (26), Wasilla (23), Northwest Arctic Borough (18), Palmer (11), Bethel (9), Bethel Census Area (8), Eagle River (6), Kodiak (6), North Pole (6), Unalaska (5), Dillingham Census Area (4), Fairbanks North Star Borough (3), Kenai (3), Ketchikan (3), Nome […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s December employment was down 7.7 percent from December 2019 to 290,400, a loss of 24,100 jobs, as the pandemic continued to keep job counts well below year-ago levels. Leisure and hospitality continued to record the largest losses, with 8,600 fewer jobs than a year ago (-27.3 percent). The transportation, warehousing and […]