The U.S. Geological Survey recently awarded the Alaska Earthquake Center a $2.85M one-year award to operate and strengthen Alaska’s earthquake monitoring system. The AEC at the University of Alaska’s Geophysical Institute has worked daily with the USGS on earthquake issues since the first MOU was signed in 1987. “The importance of this current award is […]
DHSS today announced four new deaths and 563 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 557 were residents in: Anchorage (227), Homer (44), Kenai (42), Wasilla (40), Soldotna (38), Bethel Census Area (18), Fairbanks (16), Eagle River (13), Delta Junction (11), Kodiak (10), Juneau (10), Nikiski (9), Palmer (9), Chugiak (8), Ketchikan (6), Bethel (5), Kenai Peninsula Borough North (5), North Pole (5), Utqiaġvik (5), Girdwood […]
DHSS today announced 710 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 700 were residents in: Anchorage (381), Bethel Census Area (65), Wasilla (27), Fairbanks (21), Soldotna (20), Eagle River (19), Bethel (18), Utqiaġvik (15), Homer (14), Kenai (12), Kodiak (11), Juneau (10), Palmer (9), Sitka (9), Chugiak (7), Delta Junction (7), Aleutians East Borough (6), Kusilvak Census Area (4), Nome (4), North Pole (4), Sterling (4), Dillingham Census Area (3), Seward (3), Anchor Point (2), Kenai Peninsula Borough North […]
In a surprise decision on Wednesday, the Corps of Engineers abruptly denied a permit for the southwestern Alaska gold and copper mega-mine. The Corps determined that “the applicant’s plan for the discharge of fill material does not comply with Clean Water Act guidelines” and concluded that “the proposed project is contrary to the public interest.” […]