Juneau emergency management officials are considering escalating the community’s risk status — and restrictions with it — following the new cluster of COVID-19 cases.
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Alaska Native women rally to search for missing Nome woman
Law enforcement began searching for Florence Okpealuk last week, and a community-wide search began Saturday. Some women from Nome and Teller don’t think that response was fast enough.
Hundreds gather in Anchorage to commemorate ‘March on Washington’ anniversary
The event centered on Martin Luther King Jr.’s concept of the “Beloved community,” which he famously articulated in his “I Have a Dream” speech given at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy will pay $2,800 to settle ethics complaints over publicly-funded political ads
Dunleavy also agreed to ensure that all of his staff have taken ethics training and to publish the three-page settlement on his website.
State health officials prepare for COVID-19 vaccine despite ‘extremely unlikely’ November timeline
Alaska’s Immunization Program Manager said the state has seen a decline in orders for other vaccines, which could be a concern: “We don’t want an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease like measles during COVID-19.”
Pink salmon could prosper in warmer Arctic, new study finds
A new study bolster reports by Alaska subsistence fishermen that the species’ numbers have been increasing as the Arctic warms at more than double the rate of the rest of the globe.