The westernmost community in the U.S. is under lockdown after an arriving visitor tested positive Saturday for the coronavirus.
Health
Second COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use arrives in Alaska
The Moderna vaccine has at least one big advantage over the Pfizer vaccine that started rolling out in Alaska last week: logistics.
Alaska’s mall Santas face new precautions in COVID-19 era, but kids don’t seem to mind
Visits with mall Santas are a hallmark of the holidays for many families, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced mall managers to make changes to the tradition.
James Fisher, elected to Alaska’s first Legislature in 1959, dies of COVID-19
Fisher was deeply involved with local causes and was famously committed to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, where he was inducted into its hall of fame.
As groups clamor for the vaccine, here’s how Alaska will decide who’s next in line
For the next several months, there will be far fewer vaccine doses available than people who want to receive them. Which raises the difficult question of who should get it first.
The 2021 Iditarod sled dog race is still on, but will end in Willow
The revised race route is among a list of changes to the event triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, race officials say.
Ketchikan’s first COVID-19 vaccine shipment was too warm and spoiled, officials say
Officials say nobody received an injection from the spoiled batch. A fresh batch is expected this weekend at the latest.
Bethel family loses 35-year-old husband and father to COVID-19
Bethel resident Kevin White was only 35 when COVID-19 took his life. He left behind four children, from 16 months to 14 years old.
Without tourists or in-person markets, 2020 has been hard on Alaska artists
With the pandemic canceling many in-person events, Alaka artists are trying to adapt by moving business online. Some say they’re making a fraction of their normal sales.
Project Togo gets underway with nearly three times as many COVID-19 vaccine doses as expected for Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Nearly 3,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Bethel on Dec. 16. It was almost three times as many doses as the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation expected.