Highly-trained responders depend on boating community to be “eyes and ears” on the water NOAA Fisheries’ John Moran reaches with a pole to cut a line entangling a humpback whale in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Credit: NOAA The foundation of responding to entangled whales is the on-water community. NOAA’s Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network depends on […]
(Juneau) – Beginning Thursday, October 3, an estimated 631,000 Alaskans will receive their 2019 Permanent Fund Dividend in the amount of $1,606.00. The total distribution for this year’s dividend is approximately $1,013,000,000. Under Governor Michael J. Dunleavy’s PFD proposal, and the statutory formula passed by the Alaska Legislature into law in 1982, the 2019 dividend […]
Disaster Assistance Center to close one week early due to low demand Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska – Mat-Su residents who experienced damages during the McKinley or Deshka Landing fires can apply for State of Alaska Individual Assistance online or by phone. In-person registration was available at two Disaster Assistance Centers (DAC), established near areas […]
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has announced the arrest of almost 1,700 suspected online child sex offenders during a two-month, nationwide operation conducted by Internet Crimes Against Children task forces. The task forces identified 308 offenders who either produced child pornography or committed child sexual abuse, and 357 children who suffered recent, ongoing […]