The state is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 in Juneau, after nearly a month without any new cases.
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A rural Alaska school district said it was blindsided by its principal’s arrest. Except he’d been investigated twice before.
In a state with a history of failing to protect children, and in a region with a sexual assault rate more than six times the national average, parents of girls are asking the same question: How was this allowed to happen?
Beaver numbers have exploded in Northwest Alaska with some striking effects on the environment
The Baldwin Peninsula near Kotzebue has seen a massive increase in beavers over the last two decades, according to new research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
City discusses reopening public facilities, but pools likely to remain closed
City officials say Augustus Brown Pool was already scheduled to close June 15 for renovation and Dimond Park Aquatic Center is in the middle of a deep clean.
After weeks-long impasse, key lawmakers approve CARES Act relief
The action will allow Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration to begin sending payments to communities and businesses.
Watch: Dunleavy and health officials discuss Alaska’s preparedness for COVID-19
Joining the briefing was Dr. Alexander Eastman, senior medical officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, who will tour Alaska to assess the state’s COVID-19 preparedness.
Record-breaking temperatures across Southeast Alaska raise fire risk
Several Southeast Alaska communities broke or tied high temperature records over the weekend, and the National Weather Service says that trend could continue through tomorrow.
Nome Mayor Richard Beneville dies at 75
The city of Nome confirmed in a Facebook post Monday morning that Mayor James “Richard” Beneville, 75, died overnight from pneumonia at Norton Sound Regional Hospital.
The stress-relieving, storytelling art of yuraq is now available virtually
Yuraq encompasses more than just the English translation of “dance,” which is most familiar to non-Natives.
Two weeks after Alaska’s first inmate tested positive there’s still no clear answer of how virus got in
While prisons in other states like Ohio, where over 4,300 inmates test positive, have become hotbeds for the virus, Alaska still only has one inmate case.