DHSS today announced 10 deaths and 429 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 426 were residents in: Anchorage (179), Wasilla (83), Kodiak (27), Palmer (20), Juneau (18), Eagle River (16), Fairbanks (16), Bethel (13), Chugiak (9), Soldotna (8), Bethel Census Area (7), Homer (7), Seward (4), Kenai (3), Kusilvak Census Area (2), Utqiaġvik (2), and […]
Willow Project Would Mark Major Expansion for Oil, Gas Extraction in Western Arctic ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a massive oil and gas project known as the Willow Master Development Plan in Alaska’s Western Arctic. Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm, sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service […]
ANCHORAGE – The second COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) arrived in Alaska on Monday. Distribution and administration of this vaccine, made by Moderna, will occur this week in Alaska alongside the continued roll-out of the Pfizer vaccine which started last Monday. As of Sunday, 5,674 doses […]
DHSS today announced 152 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 150 were residents in: Anchorage (83), Kusilvak Census Area (13), North Pole (7), Bethel (6), Fairbanks (6), Wasilla (6), Eagle River (4), Homer (4), Soldotna (4), Kodiak (3), Palmer (3), Bethel Census Area (2), Delta Junction (2), and one each in Chevak, Houston, Juneau, Nikiski, […]