(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Friday issued the State of Alaska’s 11th and 12th COVID-19 Health Mandate to protect the public health of Alaskans and disrupt the spread of the virus. COVID-19 Health Mandate 011: Social Distancing Mandate 011 states “all persons […]
Scientists partnered with tech industry experts to develop the first machine learning application for acoustic monitoring of Alaskan beluga whales. An innovative machine learning application will help scientists collect information essential to protect and recover the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population. In 1979, the Cook Inlet beluga population began a rapid decline. Despite being protected as an […]
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation and North Pacific Gyre Oscillation are not as effective at helping us predict regional environmental and ecological change as in the past. A new study shows that two important indicators for understanding and predicting the effects of climate variability on eastern North Pacific marine ecosystems are less reliable than they were historically. […]
Anchorage police say that they have arrested a 79-year-old suspect in a brief barricade situation that occurred on the 8400-block of Jewel Lake Road on Thursday night. Officers responded to the location at approximately 10 pm to find the suspect, Robert Norris, age 79, outside his residence. They had responded to the scene after […]