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Solarize the Kenai estimates that the average homeowner could cover half of their home’s energy needs with 12 panels and save over $10,000 in the next 15 years.

A group of hospital employees has been volunteering to come in on their off time to hold some of Alaska’s tiniest and sickest babies.

Other states like Massachusetts have used a similar vaccine buddy system, with the goal of making it easier for older people to get to their shots.

Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians have some of the lowest rates of vaccination against COVID-19 in Alaska — and highest rates of hospitalization and death. Community leaders have gotten creative to encourage vaccination.

Andy Teuber has been ANTHC’s president since 2008, and he also serves as chief executive of Kodiak’s tribal health care provider, the Kodiak Area Native Association. Teuber sits on the University of Alaska Board of Regents, as well.

In January 2021, Washington state’s attorney general and 40 Tribes, states and community organizations filed a motion to block the sale of the building.

No one was hurt, but the fire completely razed the space. Investigators are still working out what caused it.

The 33-year-old musher said he’s returning to the Iditarod with a new perspective, and ready to race.

The decision stems from a lawsuit the Alaska Legislative Council filed against Dunleavy, saying that he didn’t have the power to keep 94 appointees after a Dec. 15 deadline passed without the Legislature meeting to confirm them.

Two members who voted for the members of House committees say they won’t caucus with the coalition that has been the majority.