Thinking about getting out of Anchorage for Memorial Day weekend? Here’s what you need to know.
From road construction to coronavirus closures and restrictions, here’s the lowdown on traveling for an Alaska Memorial Day weekend unlike any other.
Inmate at Anchorage jail tests positive for coronavirus
The inmate was tested as part of a screening for an unrelated medical procedure.
Alaska’s Copper River fishing season kicks off in a year like no other
Cordova’s first-in-the-state salmon fishery will be a test of whether health mandates, corporate protocols and government planning can prevent a coronavirus outbreak in the isolated Prince William Sound community.
Alaska’s quarantine mandate for travelers relies on voluntary cooperation, not enforcement
No one has been cited or arrested for breaking Alaska’s 14-day quarantine mandate.
Coronavirus restrictions confine pregnant Eagle River woman to a hospital room for 46 days and counting
Peggy Treadway has been waiting out her high-risk pregnancy at an Anchorage hospital. She’s hasn’t been allowed outside once, and she hopes that can change.
Seafood processing worker is Cordova’s first positive coronavirus case
Ocean Beauty Seafoods’ mandatory testing of workers caught the case, though the person had no symptoms.
Oil and fishing jobs mean people are still flying into Anchorage, but there’s lots of elbow room on planes
Passenger traffic is down 80 percent from a year ago. But cargo flights made the airport the busiest in the world one Saturday last month.
‘The day we dreaded has arrived’: After Alaska inmate tests positive, families worry
“You just cannot protect yourself there,” said the mother of one inmate.
Visiting Dad, through the window, at an Anchorage nursing home on lockdown
When a family visit requires talking through a pane of glass.
Families of assisted living residents in Anchorage organize celebration for workers
Aspen Creek Senior Living caretakers and other employees were recognized for their work.
For Anchorage grocers, long days, shortages and tough choices during the coronavirus crisis
We talked to managers of three locally owned grocery outlets about what the last month of their lives has been like.
City of Juneau started a joke hotline to cheer people up. High demand might have knocked it offline.
Call 907-586-0428. Hear a joke.