ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska State Department of Health and Social Services has announced 59 new cases of COVID-19 in Alaska. DHSS reports that 499 non-residents tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of seven from Thursday. The total count of resident cases is 2,249. DHSS reports that the cases …
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A powerful 7.8 earthquake shook the Alaska Peninsula on Tuesday night, prompting a tsunami warning that sent residents to flee to higher ground before it was suspended without damaging waves. According to the US Geological Survey, the 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred on Tuesday at 10:12 pm local time. The earthquake …
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Scientists have first predicted when, where, and how polar bears are likely to disappear, warning that if greenhouse gas emissions remain on their current trajectory, all but a few polar bear populations in the Arctic will likely they will disappear by the year 2100. As early as 2040, it is …
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TO UPDATE: DHSS announced 71 new cases of COVID-19 in Alaska. Sixty cases are residents in 17 communities: Anchorage (28), Fairbanks (11), Wasilla (4), Chugiak (3), Eagle River (2), the municipalities of Bristol Bay and Lake & Peninsula (2), and one in Bethel, Bethel Census Area, Girdwood, Kenai City, Kodiak, …
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By: AP | Alaska | Posted: Jul 4, 2020 7:04:07 pm Each passenger could pay an estimated 5,000 for a six-hour trip. (Image credit: Facebook / Space perspective) A company wants to use an advanced balloon to take customers from the Earth’s surface in Alaska to the highest levels of …
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