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The Trump administration joined with tribes to get vaccines to rural and Indigenous Alaskans. Here’s how.
After a year of pleading for access to COVID-19 testing and protective equipment, tribal health-care leaders say that a vaccine partnership with the Trump administration has brought good access to doses for rural areas and a measure of relief amid an unrelenting public health crisis.
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In rural Alaska, COVID-19 vaccines hitch a ride on planes, sleds and water taxi
Tribal health care providers have mobilized a massive effort that’s delivering thousands of doses to remote parts of the state, evoking the Serum Run that delivered lifesaving diphtheria treatment to Nome a century ago.
As COVID-19 canceled live events, Anchorage residents went analog
"They want comics to read or graphic novels or they want to play a role playing game just to get away from the real world for a few hours."
Lisa Murkowski’s been vaccinated, and Sullivan and Young will be, too
Members of Congress are eligible for early access to vaccine doses to help ensure continued functioning of government, and a small number of staffers were also offered shots starting early this week.
Anchorage acting mayor to ease COVID-19 restrictions beginning Friday
Bars and restaurants will be able to reopen to indoor service at 25% capacity starting New Year’s Day.
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Number of unsentenced Alaskans behind bars climbs under COVID-19 court, prison constraints
Jury trials remain suspended, and many people have no idea when they will get their day in court. Plus, defense attorneys say their inability to meet with clients put a damper on resolving cases through plea deals.