Alaska Public Media

A new Anchorage Museum exhibit gathers artwork from women from Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Finland and Russia to explore their often untold histories.

There are still more ballots to count, but U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young seem to have cemented their re-election.

Job numbers in the state’s oil and gas industry haven’t been this low for more than 30 years.

The new punishment is meant to educate the rule-breaker and people in the community about the reasons for the precautions.

At 87, Young is more likely to become severely ill from COVID-19, according to the CDC, which says the risk rises with age and is highest among those 85 and older.

Kimberly Thacker says Quest Diagnostics violated the Family Medical Leave Act when it refused her requests to telework and then terminated her over the ongoing dispute in March.

The state reported Wednesday that 493 people in Alaska tested positive for COVID-19, though health officials say daily counts may underestimate the true number of cases.

State data shows that four of the Alaskans who died recently were Anchorage residents, and the fifth was a resident of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. It wasn’t immediately clear what Alaska community the other three people were from.

The true number of positive tests is significantly higher than the figures on the Alaska coronavirus dashboard. That’s because the state health department can’t keep up with entering hundreds of new cases into its system each day, a state epidemiologist said.