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Alaska: Agencies to host public meeting in North Pole about sulfolane in well water(0)
Anchorage AK–Two state departments will host a special town meeting in North Pole on Thursday, Feb. 18, to answer questions and provide new information about a solvent that was detected in well water near the Flint Hills refinery last fall.
Representatives from the Alaska departments of Health and Social Services and Environmental Conservation will participate in [...]
Alaska: Gov Parnell moves to modernize state’s disaster relief program
Kenai AK–Governor Sean Parnell today transmitted legislation to modernize the state Individual and Family Grant program that assists Alaska households affected by natural disasters. The current statute is two decades old and no longer meets the full needs of disaster victims.
“When I toured the flooded communities this summer I learned that our state individual assistance [...]
Alaska: Governor’s request for Federal Disaster declaration approved
Juneau AK–Governor Sean Parnell today received President Barack Obama’s Federal Disaster Declaration for the Kodiak storm that damaged critical infrastructure within the Kodiak Island Borough.
“With the federal government’s prompt response to the state’s request for federal assistance, we can now aid Kodiak with an extensive response, including federal resources,” Governor Parnell said. Beginning in early [...]
Alaska: State responds to non-safety related recall of some H1N1 vaccine
Anchorage AK–The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is notifying providers who received pediatric H1N1 vaccine that was voluntarily recalled today by the manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Sanofi Pasteur discovered four lots of single-dose, prefilled-syringe pediatric (0.25 mL) vaccine for children ages 6 months–35
months with [...]
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