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News, Alaska Legislature, State of Alaska, Housing

In seismically active Alaska, plans for statewide residential building codes are on shaky ground

by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon April 12, 2024September 12, 2024

A northern red-backed vole scampers through a forested area of the Kenai Peninsula. These small mammals, found in almost all parts of Alaska, are known carriers of the virus that causes the disease being renamed borealpox. The borealpox virus -- known up to now as the Alaskapox virus -- appears to be more widespread in the environment than previously understood. (Photo by Colin Canturbury/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Alaskapox no more: Newly discovered disease and virus is to be called ‘borealpox’

by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon March 31, 2024October 14, 2024

An underwater image captured in 2016 shows sockeye salmon swimming up the Brooks River in Alaska's Katmai National Park to spawn. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is buying about 50 million pounds of Alaska fish -- pollock, pink salmon and sockeye salmon -- to use in its food and nutrition-assistance programs. (Photo courtesy the National Park Service)

Agriculture Department commits to big purchase of Alaska salmon and pollock for food programs

by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon February 21, 2024October 14, 2024

Annual report tracks Alaskans’ tobacco-cessation progress — and tallies tobacco’s costs to the state

by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon January 24, 2024September 11, 2024

Earthquake damage is seen on the Glenn Highway near Mirrow Lake on Nov. 30, 2018. That day, a Magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck and caused widespread structural damage in Southcentral Alaska. A bill introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, would reauthorize the nation's earthquake hazards reduciton program and add some new responsibilities, including inventorying of at-risk buildings and structures. (Courtesy photo/ Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)

News, Environment & Natural Resources

Alaska, California senators seek to modernize program to reduce earthquake hazards

by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon January 24, 2024August 29, 2024

A poster on a bulletin board at the University of Alaska Anchorage's School of Allied Health, seen on Nov. 30, 2022, warns about the state's increasing rates of syphilis. State officials now recommend that adults under 45 get routinely tested for syphilis at least once a year, with more testing as needed to prevent passage of the infection from pregnant women to their fetuses. (Photo courtesy Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

Alaska adults of childbearing age advised to get testing for syphilis

by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon January 21, 2024September 12, 2024