The finished blanket is over 11 feet long and weighs 10 pounds. It represents more than a year of crocheting in front of the TV, watching cases spike and fall like a roller coaster.
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Kenai Rep. Gillham on the mend after heart attack
Gillham encourages anyone with a history of heart issues in their family to get checked out by their doctor.
Aid from fisheries disasters can take years to come through
COVID-19 has impacted Alaska fisheries recently, but for the most part, revenue losses came from lack of fish.
Murkowski talks Supreme Court vacancy, voting rights legislation
Murkowski is up for reelection this November.
Worsening wildfires spark changes to state forestry division
More people than ever before are living in parts of Alaska that are at risk from wildland fires.
Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor files bid for Alaska governor
Charlie Pierce told conservative blog Must Read Alaska that he wants to run the state like a business to jumpstart the economy.
Alaska seafood showing ‘partial recovery,’ says state seafood marketing arm
Alaska’s seafood industry is still struggling with problems brought on and exacerbated by COVID-19, like supply chain issues and mitigation costs.
Past heat waves and low sea ice continued to impact Alaska’s waters in 2021
Forage fish, some seabirds and humpback whales in Prince William Sound all seemed to see declines related to warm temperatures. Herring, on the other hand, thrive in warmer water.
Alaska SeaLife Center scientists learn from two baby belugas with diverging paths
Tyonek became the first beluga calf to be successfully nursed back to health when the Alaska SeaLife Center. The scientific success story came just a few years after another stranded beluga calf, Naknek, died from infections.
American history professor reflects on Jan. 6 insurrection: ‘We must not be enemies’
Kenai Peninsula College professor Jeffrey Meyers said he was just starting to think about how to make sense of that day and contextualize it in his American history courses. On the anniversary of the riot, he said it’s something he has thought a lot about in the year since.