Kodiak sees worst COVID-19 outbreak since November as Alaska reports 338 more cases statewide
The island community of around 6,000 people now has 143 active cases — a high not seen since a surge last winter.
Ravn Alaska signs mileage agreement with Alaska Airlines
The agreement, announced this week, should make flying more affordable for residents in rural Alaska, including Unalaska where Alaska Airlines stopped marketing flights in 2019.
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Curious Alaska: Where does the money from marijuana taxes go?
The state taxes marijuana cultivators who sell the raw product to retailers and edibles manufacturers.
Anchorage families are scrambling to find child care as the school year begins
Less staff means fewer spots available for children looking to be in before- and after-school programs.
Dunleavy files paperwork to begin fundraising for reelection in 2022
The governor filed a letter of intent Friday that allows him to begin fundraising, while former Gov. Bill Walker said he’s considering a run.
Alaska population is increasingly diverse, new census data indicates
Alaska’s population grew from 710,231 in 2010 to 733,391 in 2020.
Census figures show Mat-Su gained the most new residents in Alaska
The borough anchored by Wasilla and Palmer gained 18,086 residents between 2010 and 2020.
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Clean-energy projects will be highlighted during Alaska visit by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm
The visit starts Sunday in Fairbanks, where Granholm and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski plan to tour the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Cold Climate Housing Research Center. They’ll be in Anchorage on Monday.
The US is allowing extra COVID vaccine doses for people with weakened immune systems. How to know if you qualify.
Immunocompromised Americans at high risk from COVID-19 are now allowed to get a third vaccination in hopes of better protection.
Anchorage man who took part in torturing man before putting him in a dog kennel sentenced to 50 years in prison
Four other people have yet to be sentenced for their involvement.
Bronson administration hires controversial former Trump ‘homelessness czar’ as consultant
Robert Marbut Jr. is known for opposing the Housing First philosophy, instead arguing housing should be contingent in participation in treatment.
COVID-19 steals 4 games from opening week of Alaska high school football, but some teams are able to adjust
Half of the impacted teams will play anyway -- the South-Dimond game was turned into a scrimmage, and Kodiak and Barrow quickly changed plans to set up a game in Barrow.
Residents of Alaska border towns eager to travel into Canada but chafe at COVID testing requirements
Canada reopened its border Monday to fully vaccinated Americans, although the U.S. has not yet reopened its border to vaccinated Canadians.
Cook Inlet setnetters feel pain of early closure as sockeye salmon continue pouring in
For the past three years, the late run of Kenai River king salmon has been too small to meet the escapement goal, leading Alaska state biologists to place restrictions on close-to-shore sockeye fisheries.
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