Certain meal service “flexibilities” – many of which enable social distancing and alternative availability of meals for kids – are now extended through June 30 of next year.
Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson chose Deputy Chief of Police Kenneth McCoy to replace Police Chief Justin Doll while he is on leave before official retirement. The change will go into effect at 8 a.m. Monday.
Alaska economists say a weak and uneven economic recovery could be assisted by targeted state aid to communities, businesses and people who need it the most.
The release of coronavirus vaccines and widespread immunization led organizers to announce Thursday that the largest gathering of Alaska Natives in southeast Alaska will return to an in-person event in 2022.
The Anchorage Police Department says there is a large police presence in Fairview as they say a person is refusing to leave a residence as police try to serve a warrant.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough continues to rank second to last out of Alaska municipalities and boroughs in terms of the number of residents who have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Policy governing the use of the cameras and the public’s access to the video they capture is not yet in place, and various community organizations and groups are interested in making sure members of the public have a voice in the process.
The U.S. Interior Department is cancelling oil and gas lease sales from public lands through June amid an ongoing review of how the program contributes to climate change.
Anchorage Assembly Acting Chair Felix Rivera was again voted into that position by fellow assembly members during a special meeting Tuesday, during which members also certified the regular municipal election.
The NTSB held a board meeting Tuesday to discuss its final report and recommendations related to the 2019 mid-air collision of two flight seeing planes on Misty Fjords National Monument in Ketchikan.
The Anchorage Assembly is holding a special meeting Tuesday to certify the results of the municipal election, where Dave Bronson earned roughly 34% of the vote and Forrest Dunbar earned around 32%.
Alaska’s public health team and physicians across the state have partnered to meet Alaskans where they are, listen to their questions about COVID-19 vaccinations and offer science-based answers.
The Alaska Department of Corrections will resume in-person visitations this week, but a new set of vaccination requirements have drawn criticism from several civil rights organizations.
Those with unwanted or leftover or unused medication, including pain pills, can get rid of them at National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events happening Saturday.
The Supreme Court seems inclined to say that hundreds of millions of dollars in coronavirus relief money should benefit Alaska Natives, rather than be spread more broadly among Native American tribes around the U.S.
