Juneau man found dead at construction site in the Mendenhall Valley
Juneau police say 33-year-old Johnathan Danial Hacko had been working and wasn’t out of sight for very long when one of his coworkers found him.
Legislative committee OKs governor’s expansion of small business relief program
The changes remove a restriction that has prevented businesses affected by COVID-19 from receiving state grants if they also received money from two federal loan programs.
Mystery seed packets showing up in Alaskans’ mailboxes
Alaska Division of Agriculture officials say they’ve received at least fifty reports from Alaskans about getting seeds from overseas this summer.
2 dead in plane collision over Fairbanks
Two others survived the crash with serious injuries.
A 500-mile hiking trail across Alaska? Advocates say the pandemic is a perfect time to start
The Alaska Long Trai would connect Seward to Fairbanks along 500 miles of existing and yet-to-be-built hiking trails.
‘A large outbreak’ at Anchorage homeless shelter grows to more than 60 coronavirus cases
State Epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin said there have been at least five hospitalizations associated with the outbreak.
Anchorage Assembly bans conversion therapy
Conversion therapy has been discredited and condemned by the American Psychological Association and many other medical and civil rights organizations.
Petersburg’s testing program aims to keep COVID-19 out of seafood plants
The medical center estimates that about 177 local workers from OBI and Trident get tested each week.
Indigenous leaders are reimagining Vogue covers to get the word out on Tongass
The Vogue Tongass posts are linked to a website that helps people generate letters to their local elected officials and the Secretary of the USDA.
Despite changes in CDC guidelines, Juneau will stick with its COVID-19 testing strategy
The city is asking community members to submit questions by noon each Wednesday at COVIDquestions@juneau.org
BIA opens Anchorage office to investigate cold cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people
Some 300 Alaska Native people are in an FBI missing-persons database.
With 6 new COVID-19 cases in 1 day, Angoon goes into lockdown
The news comes just a day after reports of Angoon’s first confirmed positive.
Flight co-op aims to ease Unalaska’s travel woes — but they need a lot more people
The vision is a $10 per month service offering $600 seats on charter flights and protection against delays.
Interview: How months of reporting on Alaska AG’s unwanted texts led to his resignation
Anchorage Daily News reporter Kyle Hopkins spoke with Alaska Public Media’s Casey Grove about the reporting.
Anchorage Pioneer Home resident with COVID-19 dies
The death comes as the Pioneer Home works to contain a cluster of infections among a vulnerable population. The facility provides assisted-living care to Alaskans age 65 and older.
Petersburg nurse traces COVID-19 across the state
One thing Michael has learned through dozens of interviews is that people are not always limiting their social bubbles.
This machine is a microcosm of Alaska’s, and America’s, COVID-19 testing successes and failures
In communities that weren’t designated for federal supplies, Cepheid machines are sitting largely idle because of the lack of the cartridges.
Administrators, parents and health officials weighed in on school reopening. But what do students think?
Students from Anchorage, Bethel and Palmer spoke with Alaska Public Media about school and learning during the pandemic.
‘Pulse’ of marine debris in Bering Straits likely coming from Russia
NOAA says the debris may have been released in one place and time.
NTSB: Alaska lawmaker killed in midair crash did not have required medical certificate
Rep. Gary Knopp was denied a medical certificate in June 2012 because of vision problems.