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Ferguson’s is the third suit brought by a former Sitka Police employee that has been settled in recent months.

Meanwhile, some parents are getting creative. More than 200 people have joined a local Facebook group where they’re matchmaking for small, COVID-19 learning bubbles and child care.

Starbucks, Humpy’s Great Alaskan Alehouse, Norton Sound Seafood House and Alaska Doghaus are among the restaurants losing employees at the Anchorage airport.

Congressional Republicans have been pushing for a short-term extension of the federal unemployment benefits, while Democrats want a broader relief bill that would pay the benefits through January.

Two months ago, a federal judge said the trade was illegal because it violated two separate federal laws, the Administrative Procedure Act and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

Coeur Alaska said the workers who tested positive and their close contacts are now isolating at a Juneau hotel.

Residents can still get the free airport test or opt to quarantine for two weeks.

Tuesday is primary day in Alaska, but the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to drive down election day turnout. And a record number of Alaskans have requested absentee ballots. Since absentee ballot counting won’t start until a week after the primary election day, results of close races may not be known until the end of August.

Metlakatla fisherman Eldon Atkinson says it’s an effort to provide food security for Alaska’s only Native reservation.

The lawsuit argues that Congress, not the state of Alaska, granted Metlakatla Indian Community the Annette Islands Reserve — and an integral part of the reserve is access to traditional fisheries.

Call the Alaska Division of Agriculture in Palmer if you get a mysterious seed packet from overseas.

Gretchen Wehmhoff and Melinda Munson bought the Skagway News in March, not long before Canada’s border closed to non-essential travel.

Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced 15 cases last week, the biggest spike in positive cases since the pandemic began.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski called today’s action a “capstone moment.”

Multiple airport tenants in Seattle and Portland issued layoff notices in the past week. But in a possible sign of optimism over the long term, the Pacific Northwest’s major airport operators, the ports of Seattle and Portland, are continuing with big budget construction projects.

The district and teachers are hopeful that grading student work and having more structured schedules will lead to more participation by students and families.

Samples from the dead sea lion were shipped off island to the state pathologist, who will do a full workup

Anyone who traveled on the ferry Matanuska in recent days should monitor themselves for coronavirus symptoms, officials said.

A group of Alaska bar applicants is petitioning for an emergency suspension of the testing requirement or the ability to take the exam remotely.

A new report captures a grim economic snapshot of how Southeast Alaska has been affected by COVID-19.