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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 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.
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.
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.
Comments made online by Assembly member Jamie Allard had “become a distraction,” said a spokesman for Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
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.
A vote is set to be placed on the April ballot for Anchorage voters in District 4.
Returning third through sixth graders would potentially bring about 10,000 additional students back into Anchorage classrooms, though it’s not clear how many will opt to return.
It’s too early to tell if the drop in screenings has had an impact on cancer rates, but the trend could be deadly if it persists.
Following Chugach Electric’s $1 billion acquisition of ML&P, rates have gone down. But that doesn’t necessarily mean your electric bill will be lower.
Judge Dani Crosby will make a decision in the case no later than Monday.
The Anchorage School District on Wednesday launched its plan to phase students back into classrooms, beginning with the district’s youngest students.
Richard Joe sent Assembly member John Weddleton a text threatening violence with an AR-15, police wrote in charging documents. Other Assembly members also received threats, the charges said.
Mail-in ballots will be sent out 21 days before the election, which is on April 6.
Anchorage City Hall joins 10 other state buildings in shutting its doors during the presidential inauguration.
No charges or citations have been filed so far in the case, police said.
The Anchorage School District canceled in-person classes and activities Tuesday due to hazardous roads across the area.
Schools are contending with the health risks of the coronavirus and implementing scores of precautionary measures. Still, fear of the virus persists among many who worry that the precautions aren’t enough.
The move is intended to reduce consumption and “related harms” such as suicide.