Yearly Archives: 2021
Final hurdle: CDC says go ahead and shoot the kids with Pfizer Covid vaccine
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the last hurdle to using the Covid vaccines on young children, has given its...
Covid daily count: 494 new cases
The number of new Covid cases on Monday in Alaska was 494. Six new Covid-related deaths were reported. The number of hospitalizations has dropped...
Rain hammers Girdwood, and the Washington Post says it’s climate change
Heavy rain in Southcentral Alaska washed out roads from Girdwood, south of Anchorage, to the Sterling Highway on the Kenai Peninsula. Anchorage Mayor Dave...
Hot air: Biden rolls out his plan to regulate methane, which could impact Alaska
President Joe Biden has announced at the United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland that he will use his powers to regulate methane...
Administrative order: Dunleavy steps up to protect Alaskans from federal overreach
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy took action against the efforts of President Joe Biden to undermine the sovereignty of the State of Alaska.
The governor...
UA president says vaccines will be required
In a reversal from two weeks ago, University of Alaska Interim President Pat Pitney says that Alaska's higher education campuses, research sites, and contractors...
Assembly agrees to homelessness strategy negotiated with mayor, but it’s too late for the plan to be enacted this winter
The Anchorage Assembly on Monday night unanimously agreed to a strategy that three of its members negotiated with the Bronson Administration over the past...
Muni attorney tells Assembly: Chief equity officer can be fired for cause — or for no cause — per charter and constitution
On Monday, the Anchorage Municipal Attorney sent a memo to the Assembly leadership in response to the Assembly's October letter saying the mayor could...
Anchorage Assembly sets up to brawl over 83 nominations from Mayor Bronson to boards, commissions during special meeting
The Anchorage Assembly will hold a special work session on Nov. 4 from 1-3 pm to review Mayor Dave Bronson's nominations to boards and...
Covid daily count dropping: 352 new cases on Halloween
The number of people who tested positive for Covid-19 on Oct. 31 was 352. For the Oct. 29-31 weekend, the total was 1,547 for...