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Some Ketchikan businesses have shut their doors, and community events have been canceled after emergency officials raised the community’s pandemic risk level to its highest level.

The UnCruise Legacy, carrying 50-odd passengers, would have been Ketchikan’s first cruise ship since 2019.

One session would begin on May 20 and focus on the budget and a constitutional amendment to protect permanent fund earnings, the PFD and a fund to lower rural electric costs. The second session would begin on Aug. 2 and focus on amendments to limit spending and require a public vote for new taxes.

Internet users in Alaska who are low income or who lost wages during the pandemic are eligible for an internet subsidy of up to $75 per month under a new federal program

Dylan Listberger of Juneau sued Guardian Flight over the death of his 30-year-old fiancée Stacie Rae Morse, a flight nurse who was 27 weeks pregnant at the time, according to the lawsuit filed earlier this year.

The bill temporarily lifts the requirement that foreign cruise ships – nearly the entire fleet – stop in Canada on their way to and from Alaska ports.

An ice jam caused by warming spring temperatures near the village of Buckland has left most of the town underwater and cut off access to the airport road.

Ontario financial regulators are investigating the lender for alleged improper use of investor funds.

The lower risk level comes now that more than half of Juneau’s total population is considered fully vaccinated.

There are three other small ship operators planning stops in Juneau this summer. Including the UnCruise boats, there will be more than a dozen vessels making port calls.

The proposal imposes the heaviest restrictions on only the biggest, boomiest types of fireworks legal to sell in Alaska.

The Dunleavy administration is dedicating money to helping Chevak clean up the debris of its old school, which burned down in a fire this spring.

Many public facilities are set to close to the public, including Ketchikan’s library, rec center, city hall, museums and animal shelter.

Former Republican Gov. Sean Parnell will be the new leader of the University of Alaska Anchorage, the state’s largest university.

Dunleavy said he’s supporting a draft constitutional amendment that would restructure the way the Permanent Fund is managed — a goal that lawmakers have tried and failed to achieve for the last several years.

It would have been the first king salmon derby in Ketchikan since 2017.

Anchorage Assembly member Forrest Dunbar is leading the race for mayor by just over 100 votes over opponent Dave Bronson.

Angoon sees a steady stream of tourists in the summer, but the community has no visitor center.

John Moller was a trusted advisor to Dunleavy. His portfolio included work with the fishing industry and Alaska Native issues.

The nomination of Anchorage resident Abe Williams failed in an 18 to 41 vote during a joint session.