ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Tuesday announced one new death and eight new cases of COVID-19 in five Alaska communities – Anchorage (4), Girdwood (1), Wasilla (1), Juneau (1) and Craig (1). This brings the total case count in Alaska on April 13 to 285. These new cases […]
Anchorage police announced the arrest of an Anchorage man who was taken into custody after an on-again-off-again vehicle pursuit that lasted over six hours on Monday morning/afternoon. The incident began when an employee of a business on the 3100-block of Lakeshore Drive called dispatch to report that an individual got into the business’s white […]
Anchorage, Alaska – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of Governor Mike Dunleavy, Department of Health and Social Services, and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs are launching a new joint COVID-19 website. This new website will be a one-stop-shop for Alaskans as they navigate the resources that the State of Alaska […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — On Monday, April 13, 2020, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development began issuing the new $600 federal pandemic unemployment compensation money to Alaska workers affected by the impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The first federal disbursement included $12,853,200 to 16,183 Alaskans currently covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI). The […]