On Monday, the state reported another 60 Alaska residents have tested positive for the virus, plus 11 nonresidents.
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With pushback from both sides, Wasilla High School looks to re-work warrior logo
On one side are those who say that the warrior logo is a proud tradition for alumni, while on the other are those who say any Native American logo is problematic.
U.S. House advances bill that would hobble development in ANWR and Tongass
The Republican-led Senate is sure to block the provisions, so the measures serve primarily as a statement of Democratic values and to draw attention to what environmentalists view as endangered land in Alaska.
Colorado mining company agrees to multi-million dollar clean up plan for Tongass uranium mine
The federal government commissioned aerial surveys in the 1950s to find uranium deposits throughout Alaska to fuel the nation’s atomic reactors and build nuclear weapons.
‘Mr. Mount Edgecumbe’: Tlingit elder Gil Truitt has died
Truitt was a member of Mount Edgecumbe High School’s first graduating class and worked at the Sitka boarding school for more than thirty years before retiring in the early 90s.
Alaska’s daily COVID-19 count surpassed 100 for the first time on Sunday
On Saturday, the state reported 77 new cases, prompting Chief Medical Officer Anne Zink to tweet “We are moving in the wrong direction.”