The public libraries, pools, Treadwell Ice Arena and the Juneau-Douglas City Museum will close Wednesday. Bars and restaurants are restricted to 50% capacity indoors.
Health
More deaths and hospitalizations could follow current spike in COVID-19 cases, YKHC warns
The rising cases in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta could not only overwhelm regional health care, they could overwhelm the health care system statewide. It has happened before.
Rising COVID-19 cases temporarily shut down Kenai Peninsula, Mat-Su schools
Both the Mat-Su and Kenai regions are among the areas in Alaska under the state’s “red alert” level based on their rates of coronavirus cases.
Al Gross points to medical background in Senate bid
Gross’ health care background is important to his campaign, but it has also opened him up to criticism from Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Southeast Alaska small businesses, local officials worry they’ll be left out of cruise industry bubble
Business owners and local officials say they’re worried that keeping guests in a bubble would squeeze out most of Southeast Alaska’s small tour companies, retailers and restaurants.
‘Skyrocketing’ cases among those in their 20s and 30s driving new COVID-19 spike
Health officials are reminding Alaskans to take health precautions seriously as winter weather pushes people indoors.
33 inmates infected with COVID-19 in Fairbanks prison
All of those infected were housed in the general population, the department said. Inmates are still being tested, with results expected by Monday.
Inside the fall of the CDC
How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus.
Sleeping options more limited as COVID-19 outbreak among Juneau’s unsheltered population grows
With temperatures dipping below freezing this weekend, local shelters must weigh the risks of staying open or closing to slow the spread of the virus.
Kodiak man’s protest ends with no change to hospital visit policy
Marvin Abbott camped out at the Anchorage hospital for more than a month to protest its COVID-19 policies, which restrict patient visits as a safety precaution.