Public health, economic leaders testify to joint legislative hearing ANCHORAGE – Economists at a joint hearing of the Health and Social Services and House State Affairs committees urged the state to implement public health measures that will contain the COVID-19 virus and enable economic recovery. “By successfully fighting the virus, we’re more likely for […]
DHSS today announced 66 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 65 are residents in 12 communities: Anchorage (34), Juneau (11), Fairbanks (7), North Pole (3), Douglas (2), Soldotna (2) and one each for Bethel Census Area, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Homer, Metlakatla, Nome Census Area and Utqiaġvik. One new nonresident case was reported in Prudhoe Bay in the oil […]
An early Wednesday morning traffic stop resulted in two being placed under arrest and remand to the Wildwood Pretrial Facility and held without bail, AST reported today. Troopers say that a Soldotna-based K9 team pulled over a 2020 Chevy Silverado U-haul truck near 9583 Kenai Spur Highway at 40 minutes after midnight and identified […]
A large contingent of Anchorage police converged on the Boot-Leggers Cove area and the downtown area surrounding it on Tuesday after receiving information that a suspect with several warrants who is considered dangerous was in the vicinity. While there were no road closures as the search for 19-year-old Tyler Smith was carried out, APD […]