DPS Aircraft Operations Increased 42% as the Pandemic Reduced Commercial Air Options Transporting prisoners across Alaska’s vast distances is a challenge on a good day, but when you add dangerous winter storms and the COVID-19 outbreak, most would call the task near impossible. However, this challenge doesn’t stop the nearly 400 Alaska State and Wildlife […]
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a coronavirus response plan Thursday evening, emphasizing the urgency of passing legislation to help Americans through the pandemic and the economic crisis it has wrought. “During this pandemic, millions of Americans, through no fault of their own, have lost the dignity and respect that comes with a paycheck,” Biden said […]
On the penultimate day of 2019, health authorities in Wuhan, China, issued an urgent notice. Hospitals in the city had seen several patients with a “pneumonia of unknown cause.” Medical institutions should step up their emergency plans, the notice said. A year later, more than 1.6 million people are dead from COVID-19. The United States has […]
Releases COVID-19 prevention plan for 2021 race WASILLA, Alaska – After much deliberation and anticipation of modifications needed to safely execute the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race during a global pandemic, Iditarod race organizers and its board of directors Friday announced a modified race route in 2021, as well as a comprehensive COVID-19 prevention plan. […]