When it comes to COVID-19, Alaska just had its worst week yet
State health officials predict the number of COVID-19 infections will double every 23 days if people don't take more preventative measures.
Petersburg mourns four killed in crash
Four people died in a vehicle wreck south of Petersburg. It’s believed the late model SUV went off Mitkof Highway sometime Monday night.
Dunleavy says COVID-19 mandates should be up to local governments
“I know there’s a lot of people that would love for me to mandate masks, bar closures, restaurant closures,” Dunleavy said during a news conference on Tuesday. “But it simply doesn’t make sense"
Anchorage announces new COVID-19 testing sites
The five sites will be free to the public and will not require a doctor's referral.
Two Anchorage police officers indicted, suspended in alleged assault of man who frequently recorded police
An Anchorage police officer has been indicted for assaulting a man while serving him with a bicycle citation in 2019 and, along with another officer, on charges of tampering with public records.
Stebbins teacher arrested after sexually explicit chats with girl
Lon Dean Gillas, 65, is alleged to have used his Google account with the Bering Strait School District to chat about sex and BDSM with a 16-year-old girl, and to ask her for explicit photos.
Mertarvik’s lack of a commercial airport may have already cost lives
The DOT said it would only fund one airport between Newtok and Mertarvik.
The state is starting to buy land for a wider, safer ‘KGB’ Road. But not everybody is in a selling mood.
The Alaska Department of Transportation is starting to make offers on private land it needs to widen a section of Knik-Goose Bay Road on the edge of Wasilla. The road has seen ever-increasing traffic on a two-lane design intended for fewer vehicles.
Alaska to stop testing nonresident travelers for COVID-19 at airports, require negative result
Passengers will be required to get a COVID-19 test prior to arriving.
Gov. Dunleavy names first two members to high-stakes Redistricting Board
The board is charged with rewriting the legislative boundaries based on federal census results.
High positive test numbers and village outbreaks signal COVID spread in Interior Alaska
Fairbanks' positivity rate has been many times the state's average.
Intervention 2020 group pushes for incarcerating homeless, a plan that may be unconstitutional
Nearly thirty hours of in-person public testimony on a city plan to purchase property for a treatment center, housing and other homelessness services wrapped up last week. While the assembly says they’ve received thousands of emails in support of the plan, the majority of hundreds of in-person testifiers were against it. Some of the negative testimony was fueled by a conservative opposition group called Intervention 2020.
Mysterious Bering Straits seabird die-off enters fourth year
Most of the dead birds reported last month were murres and horned puffins.
Processor settles cannery worker lawsuit for more than $440,000
North Pacific Seafoods was sued for false imprisonment and failing to pay the workers, among other charges.
Two Alaskans die of COVID-19 as case count climbs
It's the 21st Alaskan to die with COVID-19.
Alaska had just emerged from recession when the pandemic hit. When will the state’s economy be back to pre-COVID levels?
“This is going to be a slow grind to get back to pre-pandemic levels."
Juneau processor sanitized, screened, quarantined but COVID-19 still got in
Health officials who investigated the case say it resulted from community spread — not from inside the plant.
Pebble closes in on a federal permit, supporters and critics respond
Critics say that the environmental impact statement was flawed.
Efforts underway in Alaska to remove statues of colonialists
As many in the Lower 48 call for statues of Confederate leaders to be removed amid a national reckoning on race, some Alaska residents are conducting a similar movement demanding statues tied to colonization be eliminated or relocated.
Seafood processor outbreaks drive coronavirus count to one-day high
Alaska again set a one-day record for new coronavirus cases, with 231 reported on Sunday, according to the state’s coronavirus dashboard.
Of those, 158 were...