Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: 12 deaths and 756 new cases reported Friday
The number of reported deaths is second only to one day last month.
Search to resume Saturday for Haines teacher, business leader as more residents evacuate over landslide concerns
“We were not able to get up and out as much as we can because the slide area is still unstable,” the interim borough manager said Friday.
Death of Anchorage tow truck driver on the job draws attention to dangers
On Wednesday, over 200 tow trucks and other vehicles streamed down the Glenn Highway in a celebration of Mike Moore’s life.
Recount affirms an 11-vote win for Democrat Liz Snyder in Anchorage House race
Results certified Monday showed Democrat Liz Snyder defeated Republican Rep. Lance Pruitt.
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Elections data exposure affected 113,000 Alaskans but had no impact on November results, state officials say
Information exposed included state ID numbers, birthdates, the last four digits of Social Security numbers and party affiliations.
Trump administration schedules Arctic Alaska refuge oil and gas 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.
Killer of returning Puget Sound salmon is hidden in plain sight, scientists say
Tire dust in roadway runoff seeps, trickles and pours into water bodies, including urban streams, every time it rains. Salmon usually die within hours.
Anchorage skier Rosie Brennan grapples with questions of safety on the World Cup circuit during a pandemic
“I made the big journey to get over here so I am going to stay and continue to race as long as it feels safe enough,” writes Brennan.
Washington state nursing home workers went to a superspreader wedding. Some of their clients have died with COVID-19.
The wedding also has been blamed for a school outbreak.
Almost half of inmates in Goose Creek prison have active coronavirus infections
Well over half the prison population has contracted the virus since the outbreak was first identified Nov. 2.
