DHSS today announced 88 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 86 are residents in 13 communities: Anchorage (53), Fairbanks (12), Wasilla (5), Utqiaġvik (4), Juneau (3), Bethel Census Area (2) and one each in Chugiak, Douglas, Kotzebue, Northwest Arctic Borough, Palmer, Seward and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. Two nonresident cases were reported. One is […]
Enlists infectious disease epidemiologist to advise on 2021 race planning WASILLA, Alaska – For its 49th running in March 2021, the Iditarod is developing a multi-tier COVID-19 mitigation plan to account for various permutations of the pandemic. The plan outlines specific safety protocols for different scenarios, contingency drills and rapid responsiveness with the goal of zero […]
DHSS today announced 113 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 109 are residents in twenty communities: Anchorage (48), Juneau (14), Fairbanks (11), Utqiaġvik (7), Wasilla (6), North Pole (4), Northwest Arctic Borough (4), Douglas (2), Palmer (2), and one each in Delta Junction, Dillingham, Nome Census Area, Haines, Homer, Kenai, Ketchikan, Kotzebue, Soldotna, […]
“It’s outrageous that McConnell continues to prioritize the Trump court takeover amid the pandemic. Enough.” As Covid-19 relief for jobless and hungry Americans, collapsing small businesses, and state and local governments languishes in the Senate GOP’s legislative graveyard, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday further advanced his years-long project of dragging U.S. federal courts to […]