Born in a village without a school, Moore pushed for better educational opportunities for future generations.
Alaska coronavirus news
Live updates and information on COVID-19 in Juneau and Alaska
The FDA postpones a highly anticipated meeting on the Pfizer vaccine for young kids
The scheduled meeting would have looked at only the first two shots in the immunization series, not the data for all three shots — an unorthodox move that might have gotten the authorization moving faster.
COVID cases in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are soaring as Alaska’s cases fall
The Y-K Delta’s COVID-19 case rate is currently two times higher than the state’s.
Alaska sees decline in COVID cases, more treatment options available
Alaska still has one of the highest case counts in the country.
Juneau lowers COVID risk level
The city has been at a modified high level since early January. Now it’s down to moderate.
The COVID-19 pandemic is leaving more children in Alaska’s foster care system without stable homes
The number of children in Alaska’s foster care system has been pretty stable during the pandemic, but the number of foster homes has declined dramatically.
Experts say Delta’s call for an unruly passenger no-fly list invites legal turbulence
The FAA fielded 5,981 reports of unruly passengers last year, 4,290 of which were related to masking.
Alaska schools have long struggled to hire and keep teachers. The pandemic is making it worse
During the pandemic, burnout and absenteeism have piled stress on a system that was already buckling.
‘Plateau-ish’: Case counts are high, but has omicron peaked in Alaska?
Alaska still has the highest COVID-19 case rate of any state in the country.
Two children died of COVID-19 in Alaska last year, death certificate review shows
They’re the first COVID-19 deaths of any Alaskan under the age of 20 since the pandemic began, according to health officials.