Drivers are encouraged to check road conditions at 511.alaska.gov before traveling (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) –The Taylor Highway is now open from the Alaska Highway to the city of Eagle. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Maintenance and Operations crews started removing snow and ice along the 160-mile road in mid-March. Typically the Taylor […]
PHILADELPHIA, PA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced Monday that Gavin Lee Casdorph, 21, of Anchorage, Alaska, pleaded guilty to one count of willfully making false threats in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(e). United States District Judge Edward G. Smith presided over the guilty plea hearing in Easton via video teleconference. […]
Discussions are underway at the government level, as well as with the processing and harvesting sectors of Alaska’s commercial salmon fisheries on how to proceed this summer in the midst of a pandemic. On one side are processors and harvesters who feel that with strict protocols in place the fisheries can proceed while assuring […]
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Monday announced two new cases of COVID-19 in two Alaska communities – Palmer (1) and Chugiak (1). This brings the total case count in Alaska to 321. These new cases were reported from 12:00 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. on April 19 and reflect […]