Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska – A positive case of COVID-19 was announced today in an out-of-state resident who had recently arrived in Cordova to work seasonally for Ocean Beauty Seafoods. The case was detected during routine testing done May 1 by the individual’s employer, Ocean Beauty, while the employee was in quarantine. The […]
Maintenance will end Oct. 15 on the Denali Highway, Taylor Highway and McCarthy Road; Oct. 1 on the Tofty/Tanana Road and Eureka/Rampart Road (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) —The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) will end seasonal maintenance, including snow and ice removal, on the Denali Highway, Taylor Highway, McCarthy Road, Tofty/Tanana Road and the […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in August, up slightly from July’s 6.7 percent. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent, unchanged from the previous month. Although the one-tenth of a percentage point change is not large enough to be statistically significant, Alaska’s rate has been rising gradually since early 2015. August’s […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday unanimously passed legislation introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rob Bishop (R-UT) to provide long-serving temporary seasonal wild land firefighters and other seasonal employees with the same career-advancement opportunities available to other federal employees. H.R. 1351, the Land Management […]