Two of the new cases were in Anchorage and one was 75 miles south in the Kenai Peninsula town of Seward. All were travel-related.
Nat Herz, Alaska Public Media
Anchorage bar, restaurant closure throws thousands of workers into limbo
“Decisions were made politically that they had their reasons for. But for us, it was a complete blindside,” said Jack Lewis, who co-owns and runs seven different Anchorage area eating places. “Nobody really was prepared for it, or saw it coming.”
Alaska’s chief justice shuts down all new jury trials
Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Joel Bolger has ordered that all new jury trials be suspended, building on a directive last week that led to the suspension of trials in half of the state’s judicial districts out of concern over the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Oil companies are screening employees for fever before flying them up to Alaska’s North Slope
The companies met last week and agreed to start screening all of their workers when they check in in Anchorage.
Listen: This Anchorage resident’s elderly parents were stuck on the coronavirus cruise
Imagine this: Your parents are in their 80s. They both have chronic health conditions. And they’re stuck on a cruise ship with people who have the coronavirus — and they can’t get off.
If you need to be tested for coronavirus in Alaska, it’s likely free
The Alaska Division of Insurance is barring the companies it regulates from charging people for COVID-19-related testing, as long as it’s medically necessary. It’s also asked that companies waive any payments for the office visit associated with testing.
Dunleavy urges calm as a volatile economy adds to coronavirus anxiety
Coronavirus continues to upend the global economy in ways that threaten the stability of Alaska’s budget, the Alaska Permanent Fund and the state’s tourism industry.
Hilcorp revived this declining North Slope oil field. Can it do the same for Prudhoe Bay?
While many North Slope fields are on the decline, production at Hilcorp’s Milne Point has actually increased by huge amounts. Now the company is acquiring the massive Prudhoe Bay field, raising hopes of a similar revival there.
Kaktovik is crawling with polar bears. Now a man is going to prison for wasting one.
The case shows how it’s become common for polar bears to disrupt village life in Kaktovik, which sits on an island at the edge of the Beaufort Sea. As climate change melts sea ice and drives the bears ashore, residents say they’ve been under increasing stress.
Alaska Supreme Court chief justice recuses himself from Gov. Dunleavy’s recall case
Dunleavy’s allies had criticized Bolger’s participation in the case because of statements the justice had made about issues connected to the recall campaign’s legal grounds for recall.