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The time limit for businesses serving alcohol will also change from 11 p.m. to midnight, the acting mayor’s office said.
The investigation will examine whether Alaska youths being sent to locked hospitals or Outside psychiatric facilities could instead be treated in their homes and communities — if the right supports were available.
The highly contagious infection can lead to pneumonia and hits puppies, older dogs and dogs with health problems the hardest. Vaccination against kennel cough protects for about year.
By Wednesday, 84,746 people — just under 12% of Alaska’s population — had received at least the first vaccine dose.
An annual economic forecast for the city predicts fewer jobs will come back than have been lost, and long-term issues such as the state’s overall economy will remain challenges even as the pandemic improves.
Chefornak Mayor Anna Abraham said that in another incident a few years ago, a man fell into a mud-filled hole while walking with his 2-year-old daughter.
The Coast Guard on Wednesday afternoon suspended its search for a Cessna 170 out of Ketchikan believed to have gone down near Port Angeles.
The Assembly dedicated $250,000 in municipal funds to upgrading police technology and put a $1.8 million tax levy on the April election ballot.
Family members of the missing repeatedly asked for people to come forward with any information they have.
Appointments for seniors first become available earlier this month, but available slots were filled within hours.
The plant is one of three with COVID-19 outbreaks in the Aleutians after Alyeska Seafoods in Unalaska shut down Friday with the discovery of the virus in workers there.
In December, an Anchorage resident became infected with the new strain, which spreads faster and more easily between people, a state epidemiologist said.
An Anchorage woman wrote to complain about seeing the license plate “FUHRER” on a Hummer SUV in October. Over the weekend, “3REICH” showed up. The Alaska DMV said it had already revoked the plates.
By Tuesday, just over 11% of Alaska’s population had been at least partially vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Comments made online by Assembly member Jamie Allard had “become a distraction,” said a spokesman for Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
Residents of the Southwest Alaska village are hauling water from the Kuskokwim River, collecting rainwater and drinking donated bottled water as officials seek a viable option.
Hired inspectors and spot checks are planned under a new approach for stopping polluters.
Senate President Peter Micciche said the governor’s action was actually caused by the failure of the House to organize and formally invite the governor.
Several Anchorage Assembly members will introduce ordinances that, if passed, would change four existing emergency orders into citywide ordinances, including the mask mandate and allowing stores to use plastic bags.