Alaska COVID-19 Cases
Alaska Total Coronavirus Cases: 298,226
Alaska New Coronavirus Deaths:
Alaska Total Coronavirus Deaths: 1,485
U.S. Total Coronavirus Cases: 107,184,620
U.S. New Coronavirus Deaths: 8
U.S. Total Coronavirus Deaths: 1,166,662
Shishmaref and other towns across Alaska are putting proactive measures in place to quell the spread of COVID-19. Disruptions to school, work, and major public gatherings are already manifesting and it’s important to stay up to date on what’s happening in the Shishmaref, AK community.
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Coronavirus News for Shishmaref
Alaskan Village Holds Vote to Relocate After Climate Change Erodes Land
Major erosion and rising sea levels have worn away at the Alaskan village. — -- The tiny village of Shishmaref, Alaska, will find out today if everyone in the village will be moving to the ... More info »
ABC News - 08/16/2016 02:58pmLeaving Their Ancestral Home: Alaska Village Votes to Move Due to Climate Change
The unofficial results show a majority in favor of relocating. — -- For four generations, the family of Esau Sinnok has been born, lived, worked and died in Shishmaref, a small Inuit Eskimo ... More info »
ABC News - 08/17/2016 12:49pmAn Alaska village's existential dilemma
SHISHMAREF, Alaska (Reuters) - The Chukchi Sea’s unrelenting waves were slowly ripping away the land and homes of the 600 or so residents of this Alaska Native village on a sinking barrier island. U.S ... More info »
Reuters - 11/23/2014 04:22pm