Longtime ADN reporter Zaz Hollander is based in the Mat-Su and is currently focused on coverage of the coronavirus in Alaska. She also covers the Mat-Su region, aviation and general assignments.
The state’s list of responsive actions came as one of the state’s hospitalization metrics hit a new high and Anchorage officials issued a public health advisory.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy faces a Nov. 15 deadline to extend the declaration. He’s not saying how he’ll decide.
Karl “Hap” Wurlitzer helped build the lodge more than five decades ago and was a constant presence there until the end.
The ongoing surge in coronavirus cases is raising concerns that hospitals could reach a tipping point.
Hospital officials say a glitch in the way the data was entered led to the erroneous reports this week.
Three of the district’s high schools are temporarily closed all week and several other schools have shifted to online learning for at least a few days.
Like others contending with the long-term effects of the the novel coronavirus, one Anchorage woman says this isn’t like anything she’s experienced before.
There were three men on the converted fishing boat as it made its way through heavy swells Thursday night, but only one appeared to have made it off before it flipped, officials say.
Alaska public health officials have yet to confirm the number of positive COVID-19 cases linked to the event.
Cases were reported at more than two dozen assisted-living facilities last week, city officials said.
Hospitals say the coronavirus pandemic lowers capacity but also makes it made it harder to bring up traveling nurses finding more convenient work in the Lower 48.
Contact investigations indicate “significant close contact in indoor spaces, including locker rooms, with inconsistent use of face coverings,” health officials said.
