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Hailey Williams, who won seven individual state championships before she was even a high school senior, missed her final year of competition due to the coronavirus closures. She plans to run for Duke University next.
Alaska doesn’t require universal face coverings, though they are required for some businesses such as salons as the economy reopens.
Alaskans have helped health care workers by hunkering down and distancing, but as the state reopens, medical professionals are urging caution.
Most 12th-graders are disappointed that spring rituals were canceled, but each has a unique outlook for life after graduation. “The strength and resilience of this class, I feel like, is going to carry on,” one said.
Performances recorded this week at the Ship Creek small-boat launch will become the AK4AK festival, to be shown online starting May 1.
Masks are exposed to 170-degree heat for an hour in the trailer, which can sanitize up to 1,000 masks at a time.
From a grassroots coalition of sewing professionals and hobbyists to a group manufacturing N95 masks using 3D printers, here’s how Alaskans are stepping up.
A small team of American Sign Language professionals has become an expected presence as coronavirus information and guidelines are announced in Alaska.
Christian and Jewish leaders are planning for important annual observances with coronavirus concerns in mind.
The guidelines recommend livestreaming or outdoor drive-in services, and describe how to safely assemble and distribute Easter baskets.
“I think hope is a terrible strategy”: Under the guidance of Sean Murphy, Alaska Regional Hospital converted an ambulance bay for coronavirus care and made several other changes to staffing, space and supplies.
The Anchorage School District is delivering meals to students at 26 schools and on six bus routes.
