Booster longevity: Data reveals how long a third shot protects
Researchers found that right after the third shot of the Pfizer vaccine, protection against a symptomatic infection is pretty good. Two weeks after the shot, the booster cuts the risk by about 70%.
Alaska seafood showing ‘partial recovery,’ says state seafood marketing arm
Alaska’s seafood industry is still struggling with problems brought on and exacerbated by COVID-19, like supply chain issues and mitigation costs.
Alaska’s only Arctic deep draft port will get hundreds of millions of dollars from infrastructure bill
Alaska’s congressional delegation announced on Jan. 19 that the Port of Nome will receive a quarter of a billion dollars for future construction.
Gov. Dunleavy says he stands by Zink as attacks on Alaska’s chief medical officer escalate
Wasilla GOP Rep. Christopher Kurka, who’s running for governor as a conservative alternative to Dunleavy, this week launched a “Fire Anne Zink” petition, saying he’s committed to removing her “on Day 1 of my administration.”
Fired attorney and blogger wins case against Dunleavy administration
Libby Bakalar said she doesn’t know what kind of damages she’ll seek, but she doesn’t want her old job back.
Juneau Assembly to consider removing first hurdle to Norwegian Cruise Line’s dock
City staff are proposing an amendment to Juneau’s existing Long Range Waterfront Plan that kills a marina concept and makes way for a new cruise ship dock.
Parents and caregivers of young children say they’ve hit pandemic rock bottom
The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old – both parents and providers – are in a special kind of hell right now.
All of Haines’ emergency dispatchers caught COVID but stayed on the job to answer 911 calls
The borough manager says the team volunteered to keep working so that 911 calls would be answered locally instead of routing them to Fairbanks.
First aid flights arrive in Tonga after massive volcanic eruption and tsunami
Safe drinking water is one of the most immediate needs. The volcanic ash and seawater have contaminated the island chain’s potable supply and the government there has advised people to drink only bottled water.
Former UAF students describe what they heard and saw in dorm in 1993 before Sophie Sergie was found dead
Prosecutors sought to establish this week if any University of Alaska Fairbanks students who were up late on a Sunday night in 1993, before final exams, saw anything suspicious on the second floor of the Bartlett Hall dorm.
Coming soon: Everything you wanted to know about Juneau’s most popular humpbacks
There’s about to be a new resource to educate locals, tour guides and visitors about the humpback whales of Southeast Alaska.
With voting rights bill blocked, Murkowski says ‘a good handful’ of senators are open to compromise
Alaska’s U.S. senators did not stray from the party line as Republicans on Wednesday defeated a major voting rights bill that was a top Democratic priority.
Private catamarans will provide ferry service between Juneau and the upper Lynn Canal this month
Sailings to the upper Lynn Canal will be on Monday, Jan. 24, and Saturday, Jan. 29.
Alaska Supreme Court upholds new open primary and ranked choice voting system
A lawyer who argued in favor of the law said the decision provided clarity for voters and candidates. Lawyer Ken Jacobus, who argued against the law, said he doesn’t think there’s any way to appeal it further.
The number of Alaskan COVID deaths now tops 1,000
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Wednesday reported an additional 63 resident COVID deaths. Two of them are from the new year, and the rest happened earlier in the pandemic.
Kodiak’s tanner crab season is back after yearlong closure
The Kodiak Crab Alliance Cooperative and local canneries agreed to $8.10 per pound.
More than 200 planes could have the same problem that caused the Yute Commuter Service fire, investigators say
The wiring was installed as part of a federally funded experimental safety program in Alaska that began in the late 1990s.
The state has set a record harvest for Sitka herring, but a weak market will keep many of those fish in the water
Seiners landed only 16,000 tons of herring last year, which was just under half of the harvest guideline.
Alaska lawmakers would see higher salaries, lower expense payments under new compensation plan
The combined changes mean legislators would take home less money.
Anchorage hospitals tighten visitor restrictions as COVID surge presses on
Providence Alaska Medical Center moved its visitation policy to its strictest level last week.