The Mat-Su school board will now decide later in May whether to rescind its vote to remove the books, including “The Great Gatsby,” “Catch-22” and “Invisible Man.”
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Seasonal cannery worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Cordova
The city of Cordova announced its first positive case of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The infected individual is an Ocean Beauty cannery worker who had recently traveled through Seattle and Anchorage, according to Mayor Clay Koplin.
Dunleavy administration expands number of people who can gather, reopens bars and pools
Alaska bars will be able to reopen on Friday, and other state businesses will be able to expand the number of customers they have on Friday morning, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced on Wednesday.
Carnival, Princess, Holland America cancel all 2020 Alaska cruises
Carnival Corp. won’t be bringing any of its cruise ships to Alaska this season. That’s following Wednesday’s announcement that its subsidiaries Princess Cruises and Holland America Line had canceled all remaining Alaska voyages for 2020.
After weeks without a fatality Alaska reports 10th coronavirus death
The death was reported in Anchor Point and is the first person to have died on the Kenai Peninsula.
Alaska’s fate in massive Paycheck Protection Program rests on the shoulders of local bankers
Banks are processing Paycheck Protection Program applications again this week, racing to press their loans through the Small Business Administration before the fund is depleted for a second time.