The Alaska Department of Law says this resolves an investigation by the states into a 2014 data breach that exposed the payment card information of about 40 million Home Depot consumers across the country.
Potent low pressure systems will pound the state with rain and snow and strong winds. Southeast Alaska will see the start of a constant supply of moisture into the region over the next 7 days.
The coronavirus testing numbers that have guided much of the nation’s response to the pandemic are likely to be erratic over the next week or so, experts said Friday, as fewer people get tested during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and testing sites observe shorter hours.
Throughout the pandemic, flattening the curve and other attempts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have been intended not only to save lives but also to keep hospitals operating below capacity.
Most Anchorage restaurants, like Gwennie’s, are already quieter than usual if open at all. Come Monday, they’ll all be just about empty following the release of Municipal Emergency Order 16, which puts Anchorage back into a hunker-down mode and blocks bars and restaurants from any dine- or drink-in service.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake."
Thanksgiving Day traditions in Anchorage looked different this year, but the pandemic didn’t stop local businesses from giving back to the community by serving hundreds of hot, free meals.
The new deaths bring the state total of deaths 118 residents and one nonresident. The new cases bring the state total of COVID-19 cases in Alaska to 30,102 in residents and nonresidents.
The storm track is about to kick into high gear for southern Alaska. High winds over the central Aleutians tonight, with a high wind warning for Adak and Atka for wind gusts to 75 mph.
Millions of Americans took to the skies and the highways ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire, disregarding increasingly dire warnings that they stay home and limit their holiday gatherings to members of their own household.
