Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: 2 deaths and 381 cases reported Tuesday
Tuesday’s tally is the second highest daily increase the state has recorded during the pandemic.
Trump administration OKs ConocoPhillips’ Willow project in Arctic oil reserve
The approval sets the stage for construction in a largely undeveloped region that has seen increased industry attention in recent years.
Alaska is feeling the impact of a national shortage of surgical gloves
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. said health care providers were being “forced” to reuse gloves due to critical national shortages plus increasing demand in the region.
Hatcher Pass Lodge, a rustic gem in the Talkeetna Mountains, closes at least temporarily after owner’s death
Karl “Hap” Wurlitzer helped build the lodge more than five decades ago and was a constant presence there until the end.
With Halloween traditions riskier this year, Alaskans look for creative ways to celebrate the season
Health officials recommend skipping traditional trick-or-treating and costume parties, but some families are getting creative with candy zip lines and treat chutes.
Gross campaign amplifies abortion-related messaging surrounding Amy Coney Barrett confirmation
His campaign is trying to draw a stark contrast between Al Gross, who supports abortion rights, and incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, who has a voting record against abortion.
Alaska’s second wave of COVID-19 is bringing more hospitalizations and a new foe: fatalism
Asked if it’s too late to stop the continued spread of the virus, the state’s two top health officials both simultaneously shout, “NO!”
Trump supports Sullivan and Young in Alaska tele-rally
The president called Sullivan “an absolute champion for our America-first agenda” and said Young, despite being the longest-serving member of Congress, “looks like a young man.”
Hundreds of thousands of rapid-response COVID-19 tests headed to Alaska
The tests being distributed by the federal government can diagnose coronavirus infections within 15 minutes.
Alaska’s ‘him too’ moment: When politicians and allies come with accusations of their own
As scandals force Alaska politicians to resign, nowhere have the accusations been more severe than a remote rural district where male leaders are proving to be part of the very problems they’re supposed to be solving.
Justice Department pulls appeal of ruling that blocked Southeast Alaska timber sale
The decision spares more than 36 square miles of old-growth forest from potential clear cutting across Prince of Wales Island near Ketchikan.
Meet Austin Quinn-Davidson, Anchorage’s new acting mayor
With a call for “stability and measured leadership,” the two-year Assembly member took office Friday evening following the resignation of Ethan Berkowitz.
Advance voting sets new records as Alaska nears 100,000 ballots cast
The state is at 115% of its pre-Election Day total from 2016.
In Anchorage’s downtown cemetery, every grave marker has a story to tell
Histories of Anchorage: From teens boys who died — and were buried — alongside each other, to men and women drawn north by gold, here are some of the tales to be discovered at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
