The state COVID-19 dashboard showed a large drop in the number of available inpatients beds on Wednesday, from 1,800 to 1,400.
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Federal judge halts CARES Act funds to Alaska Native corporations
The decision came Tuesday, July 7, 2020, as Tribal nations appeal a ruling in late June that said the Native corporations were eligible to receive the funding.
These Alaska companies got the biggest Payroll Protection Program loans
A dozen Alaska companies got $5 million to $10 million apiece.
Juneau School District engages families on plan for reopening during pandemic
While the district touts itself as being one of a few in the country that has a public plan for returning to school, Superintendent Bridget Weiss says it’s still a work in progress.
Why Alaska’s COVID-19 airport screening lines might be skipped or unstaffed
Some travelers in Alaska have seen airport screening lines being bypassed en masse or unstaffed. Screening officials looked into it and think they know why.
State’s top doctor lays out four ways to reduce COVID-19 exposure
Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink said that Alaskans can slow the spread of COVID-19 by minimizing just four risks.
One Southeast lawmaker is counting on the $5 billion Alaska squirreled away this year for future dividends
And though protecting almost $5 billion is nothing to sneeze at, Stedman says the legislature voted to squirrel away quite a bit more — but was overridden.
Skagway residents got Permanent Fund dividends and city stimulus checks in the same week
The manager of the local bank branch said there was a run on cash last week—a sign that the spending is likely to happen locally rather than online.
Taku River turns cold, runs fast after glacial dam release in the Juneau Icefield
National Weather Service issued a flood advisory on July 4 when a river gauge at the Canadian border showed water levels rapidly rising.
As law enforcement agencies diversify, Alaska State Troopers remain nearly 90% white
Numbers for the Alaska State Troopers, however, have not changed significantly in recent years, though “our efforts have been significant,” spokeswoman Megan Peters wrote in an email.