On Oct. 17 of last year, the Saab 2000 plane went off the end of Tom Madsen Airport’s runway. Forty-two people were on board, more than 10 were injured and one passenger died.
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Residents to state work group: ferries are essential, not ‘discretionary’
More than a dozen people from across coastal Alaska testified Wednesday in support of the state’s ferry system or offered suggestions for improving it.
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.
Seafood companies kept COVID-19 from infecting Alaskans. Now they’re trying to keep the virus out of their plants.
With cases rising in Alaska, seafood companies must now work to keep residents from infecting seasonal workers.
Gov. Dunleavy says state workers, visitors in state buildings now required to wear masks
The idea, he said, is to help contain the surge in cases of COVID-19 in Alaska.
Passenger on board the Alaska ferry Kennicott tests positive for COVID-19
The department says it doesn’t know when the passenger became infected or became contagious.
Two of Alaska’s largest seafood processors, merge salmon operations
The new group springing from the merger of Icicle Seafoods and Ocean Beauty Seafoods will own 10 shoreside processing plants across coastal Alaska.
Seasonal cannery worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Cordova
The city of Cordova announced its first positive case of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The infected individual is an Ocean Beauty cannery worker who had recently traveled through Seattle and Anchorage, according to Mayor Clay Koplin.
Fishing towns object to Alaska’s mandate overruling local COVID-19 restrictions
As the fishing season ramps up, mid-sized coastal towns are finding they have little say over who shows up to work in the industry.
With no ferry service this winter, Cordova’s economy feels the pinch
If a proposed schedule goes into effect, regular ferry service to Cordova won’t resume until May 20, after the town’s tourism and fishing seasons begin.