The Anchorage Police Department explained its decision to retire a long-running social media campaign in a lengthy Facebook post Wednesday morning, claiming the events described in the posts were all real, despite releasing previous statements this month suggesting otherwise.
Alaska epidemiologists say the state's first case of the P.1 variant of the novel coronavirus has been detected in Alaska in a person who had not recently traveled out of state.
The state addressed the allocation, clarified additional Alaskans who may be covered under the state's eligibility tiers and the timeline for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is still in the approval stage.
Alaska registered 175 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, with no new deaths. Much of the state's alert level remains high based on a daily average over the past 14 days.
Winter is still in full swing even as the month of February winds down and we’re looking at March coming up. Snow is falling and roads are slippery, so drivers need to be extra careful. On the Kenai peninsula Wednesday, a school bus was hit on K-beach road, so slow down out there. Luckily no one was hurt.Wind chills will be extreme...extremely low...60 to 70 below zero from the western Arctic coast to the eastern Beaufort Sea coast.
A local artist is raising money for MyHouse, a Mat-Su Center for homeless youth. Portraits of Hope features youth who have received services through MyHouse.
If you are still feel bummed out about the 2021 Yukon Quest not happening, its time to turn that frown upsdie down because the Yukon Quest has just announced its 2022 race start.
CEO Rob Gillam says the money through the lending program is meant for businesses that aren't small operations, but also aren't giant corporations. This money is for the companies in the middle.
There could soon be three different COVID-19 vaccines available to Alaskans, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to meet Friday to consider whether to recommend a vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson for emergency use authorization.
Lawmakers and health care providers are reviewing the governor’s 106-page executive order that would split the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services in two.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other republican senators from western states pressed President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of the Interior, Rep. Deb Haaland, on her stance on fossil fuels and energy producing jobs in a confirmation hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday.
Wednesday it was announced that CEO Garvin Federenko will be the ANTHC acting president and Bernice Kaigelak, Arctic Slope Native Association, will be board chair.
