Thousands of elementary students don’t have laptops yet, and over 1,000 families the district surveyed had no Wi-Fi at home. But the district is trying to be flexible about what students are expected to do.
The number of people with COVID-19 in Alaska continued to increase on Saturday with 11 new cases, bringing the state’s total to 257.
No one was hurt in the incident, which sent up a cloud of snow and shot out rippling waves under the frozen surface of Portage Lake.
Dr. Robert Onders, medical director at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, says that with proper tools, rural communities can manage the virus.
“Our fishery is the first one. Everyone is looking at us to see what we’re doing.”
About half the U.S. deaths were in the New York metro area, where hospitalizations were slowing down.
Maintain sufficient distance from others, stay local and don’t hurt yourself - lest you end up in a medical facility already “constrained” by COVID-19.
Christian and Jewish leaders are planning for important annual observances with coronavirus concerns in mind.
Joe Biden has won the Alaska Democrats’ party-run presidential primary, beating Sen. Bernie Sanders days after Sanders suspended his campaign.
The crash has left the truck’s driver rattled and out of work. George Napoka told police he wanted to die when he turned toward the semitrailer.
An industry observer in Alaska still thinks the deal will move ahead.
It’s almost as if by calling it the “great” outdoors it can’t exist in the easy, subtle nearby — but it does, writes columnist Christine Cunningham.
The Resource Development Council and other groups also name election officials as defendants.
Here in Alaska, the biggest regional air carrier quit flying — and the others are trying to fill in the gaps.
Book review: Giles Whittell devoted much of his lifetime to seeking out and immersing himself in a weather phenomenon that can be in turn a riotous joy, a beautiful sight, a nuisance or a cause of horrifying death.
Relationship advice: “I miss my hard-working, focused partner, but when I’ve tried to bring it up, and talk about this, he just gets defensive and shuts down.”
