This summer is shaping up to be another quiet tourism season in Unalaska.
Health
Watch: Juneau city officials to give last weekly COVID-19 community update, before switching to monthly
City officials will shift to a monthly schedule for community updates on COVID-19 after today.
Some Bethel families consider moving due to school district’s COVID-19 policies
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation says most areas in the Y-K Delta still have either substantial or high transmission.
‘This place is on fire with COVID’: Younger, unvaccinated patients strain Fairbanks hospital
Medical workers at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital say the hospital’s capacity is being strained by high COVID-19 rates, and the community should be more alarmed.
Alaska lawmakers reject $3,000 dividend during weekend debate over the state’s budget
By the end of the day Saturday, there were 71 budget amendments submitted. It’s not clear how many of the 52 remaining amendments will be debated.
Juneau Assembly committee OKs budgets for another year of proactive medical services team, child care subsidies
The CCFR fire chief said the program that provides general care and follow-up care in the field is one of the most exciting programs he’s seen after almost 30 years in fire service.
An Anchorage woman was organizing a vaccine clinic for the Hmong community. Then her sister got gravely ill.
Translator Yeng Tao says it’s getting more and more difficult to find Hmong Alaskans willing to get vaccinated.
Revenue returns to Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital after a year of pandemic losses
Kevin Benson, Bartlett’s chief financial officer, said that even before the hospital started seeing revenue again, Bartlett was breaking even, thanks to federal relief money.
There have been two attempts in Congress to save Alaska’s cruise season in the last week. They’ve both failed.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked consideration of a waiver that would have allowed foreign-flagged cruise ships to visit Alaska ports this summer.
Tuluksak got a special water treatment system for the whole village, but the school was only using it for itself
Workers in Tuluksak installed a system with extra filtration to provide cleaner water intended for drinking. But up until mid-April, most people in Tuluksak didn’t get to drink the water from this second system.