Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: 8 deaths and record 760 new cases reported Thursday
Forty-seven people with infections were newly admitted to hospitals last week, nearly double the number reported the week before.
Haines rescuers seek 2 people still missing after landslide destroys homes
Searchers have been deployed in boats and helicopters, and a group of about 70 local volunteers is on standby as officials expressed concern about the potential for more slides.
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Trump administration schedules Arctic Alaska refuge lease sale for early January
The effort is expected to face swift legal resistance from conservation and tribal groups.
$10 million bail set for Mat-Su teen charged in killings of 4 relatives
Friends this week remembered 43-year-old Kimora Buster — the suspect’s aunt and the only victim older than 18 — as an adventurous, positive person who doted on her children.
Hope tempered with uncertainty as Alaska prepares for arrival of COVID-19 vaccine
Alaska’s chief medical officer called the impending vaccine “incredibly hopeful,” but she also described reluctance from some health care providers who want to see more data before getting fully on board.
A veteran World Cup skier, Anchorage’s Sadie Bjornsen tries a new approach
Bjornsen could be racing and training in Europe right now, but she’s sitting out the first part of the season in favor of a more rounded life.
Alaska Rep. Don Young returns to congressional office after recovering from COVID-19
Young, 87, is getting ready to serve his 25th term.
Pilot Station man dies of COVID-19 after bad weather prevents medical evacuation
On Nov. 25, two days after he entered the village health clinic, Joe Xavier took in his last difficult breaths.
A perilous Anchorage intersection — and a season of pedestrian deaths
On a stretch of Tudor Road long known as one of the deadliest in the state, two women were struck and killed by cars this fall. Some city leaders say it’s time to make the intersection safer, but challenges remain.
How to choose poinsettias and Christmas trees
Gardening: Once you’ve bought your holiday plants, here’s how to care for them.
State puts out a hiring call for nurses, contact tracers, data analysts to help with Alaska’s COVID-19 response
Alaska’s outreach effort comes in the midst of a surge in coronavirus cases that has in some areas overwhelmed the state’s pandemic response.
Only dogs can be brought aboard planes, and only as service animals, feds say
The new rule will force passengers with emotional-support animals to check them into the cargo hold — and pay a pet fee.
Anchorage superintendent unveils early plans to phase in some students for in-person classes
The approach, still under discussion, would bring some students at all levels back for in-person tutoring and classes starting Jan. 19.
Unemployment levels in Alaska remain stubbornly high as new COVID-19 restrictions take effect in Anchorage
A state economist says it’s likely the city’s December “hunker-down” order will push the numbers even higher.
