Mat-Su now has the highest COVID-19 daily case average in the state and one of the lowest vaccine rates
Still, the borough’s lack of restrictions has drawn two state athletic events from Anchorage, where sports fall under stricter protocols.
‘Bring vaccine to our people’: Clinics target Alaska’s Pacific Islanders, a group hit hardest by COVID-19
People who identify as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders account for the highest number of coronavirus deaths per capita in the state — and the fewest vaccinations so far. Community leaders are helping health officials try to change that.
Trident Seafoods resumes operations at Aleutian plant in Alaska after monthlong COVID-19 shutdown
The plant in Akutan reopened Friday following a coronavirus outbreak that involved almost half its workers.
Behind Alaska’s low ‘wasted’ vaccine numbers, a combination of diligence and last-minute random calls
Officials say fewer than 100 doses have been reported lost as more than 130,000 have been administered in Alaska so far. But how extra vaccine that would otherwise be wasted is distributed isn’t always organized, or necessarily fair.
‘Uncharted territory’: Cheers, deep frustration as Alaska loses state COVID-19 emergency declaration
Expiration of the state’s COVID-19 disaster declaration has already led to the dismantling of a popular Lake Otis Parkway testing site in Anchorage and no more mandatory airport screening.
Surge of coronavirus infections in Mat-Su schools prompts masking up for sports and scores of quarantines
Athletes say the masks take getting used to, but they’d rather wear them than not play, said one school official.
Alaska now to offer vaccines to non-resident seafood industry workers buffeted by COVID-19 outbreaks
The policy shift was made Wednesday in the aftermath of outbreaks that flared in plants and offshore processing ships.
State widens COVID-19 vaccine eligibility, bumping up all teachers and others including at-risk Alaskans over 50
Appointments for the new tier will begin Thursday. Health officials had initially expected it would take the entire month of February just to move past eligible Alaska seniors.
Some Mat-Su schools remain closed due to continued coronavirus infections
The school district was reporting 157 COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks.
Appeals court orders judge to reconsider motion for new trial in 2012 Platinum Jaxx murder case
The man convicted in the shooting during an early-morning melee outside the club will stay in prison while the decision is made.
NTSB: Plane that crashed in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, killing 2, may have broken up in midair
The pilot and a passenger died in the crash Thursday morning northeast of Chitina, authorities say. The Copper Valley Air Service plane was headed from Gulkana to McCarthy.
As deadline approaches, public health officials and hospitals urge lawmakers to extend COVID-19 emergency declaration
A bill proposed by Gov. Dunleavy faces resistance among some in the Legislature, including members of the committee where the legislation is stalled.