Poorly ventilated indoor spaces, especially where people are talking loudly, singing or exercising, carry the highest risk.
Transportation
Investigation underway after Haines Highway work crew finds human remains
Authorities have paused construction in an area where human remains were found by crews working on the Haines Highway project Monday.
Alaska Seaplanes adds daily run connecting Sitka, Wrangell and Petersburg
The daily flights will depart Sitka at 1 p.m., touching down in Petersburg and Wrangell before returning to Sitka by 3 p.m.
CDC extends transportation mask mandate until May 3
The mask travel requirement had been set to expire this coming Monday.
Alaska Airlines says training delays, not picketing pilots, caused flight cancellations
Alaska Airlines plans to reduce its number of flights through June as it continues to deal with a pilot shortage.
Rock slides close the North Douglas Highway
One lane on the highway is open for emergency vehicles, but it is closed to the public.
Visiting Alaska, Canada’s Ambassador to the US talks Russia and lessons learned from the pandemic
As ambassador during the pandemic, Hillman says a major focus for her and her team has been on Canada’s unique relationship with the U.S., especially with the countries’ shared border.
Canada relaxes border rules, but not enough for the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad
Skagway’s largest tour outfit, the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad, says its trains won’t cross the border this season.
Company estimates more than 5,000 gallons of diesel spilled in Neva Strait after tugboat grounding
The Western Mariner was towing an Alaska Marine Lines barge in Neva Strait early on the morning of March 21 when a steering failure caused the two vessels to collide, pushing the tugboat onto the shore.
The future cost of climate inaction? $2 trillion a year, says the government
With time running out to head off the worst damage from climate change, the United States government is starting to quantify the cost of inaction – for taxpayers.