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Oil and gas company BP confirmed Tuesday that a worker at Prudhoe Bay has tested positive for COVID-19.

Local officials in Ketchikan are weighing whether to allow idled cruise ships to tie up at the city-owned downtown docks.

Faith institutions in Alaska are dealing with a ban on public gatherings at a time when many people are looking for guidance from religious leaders. Many churches have adapted to the new online world quickly.

At the March 13 event in Palmer, Rep. Don Young encouraged people to remain calm in the face of the “beer virus.” He blamed the media for stoking an overreaction and cautioned against spending money the country doesn’t have.

Anchorage officials are again asking people, businesses and medical providers to donate protective equipment “immediately,” including homemade masks, because of a shortage amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In the past year, cost-cutting, a summer labor strike and a mechanical failure resulted in months-long service gaps, both planned and unplanned, for Alaska’s ferry system.

As Alaska reported five new cases of COVID-19 Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 119, the state’s congressional delegation highlighted some of the features of a $2.2 trillion relief package Congress passed last week.

A new University of Alaska Anchorage study of the coronavirus’s likely impacts on the state is clear: To prevent thousands of deaths, strict interventions will be necessary for months.

Juneau-based life coach Brandee Gerke frames her coaching strategies around what she calls a “resilience mindset,” or the capacity to navigate change and adversity.

Another Alaskan has died from COVID-19 as the official number of novel coronavirus cases reached 114 on Sunday, including a fifth case in Juneau.

The bill would draw $1.1 billion from the state’s main savings account, the Constitutional Budget Reserve —  mostly because of the recent collapse in oil prices. That means the state’s savings will be near the minimum it needs to pay the bills.  

The victim — a processor on the vessel — criticized the worker “for serving food without gloves,” prosecutors said in a court filing.

The center’s operators say all 75 residents of the center are being tested for the virus.

Brown and his mother got lost on a trail Wednesday. She was found injured, but alive on Friday.

Fitch Ratings expressed concern that Alaska leaders would continue to pull large amounts from the state’s reserves.

One of the biggest casualties of the coronavirus pandemic is fun — there are no sports, no going out to bars or movies.

Hundreds of businesses have filed plans with the state outlining how they’ll bring out-of-state workers safely into Alaska.

Now that people are hunkered down because of COVID-19, more customers are buying groceries online — which isn’t possible for everyone.

People experiencing homelessness are exempt under Juneau’s hunker-down order. For many of them, the threat of a pandemic is just not as high of a priority as staying warm or getting their next meal.

The first person to die in Alaska after testing positive for COVID-19 passed away Friday at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.