State lawmaker and local pilot among 7 killed in midair collision over Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula
Witnesses saw two planes collide about 2 miles northeast of Soldotna's airport.
Governor criticizes Daily News article, saying Alaska requires seafood workers to cover their faces
State officials say the seafood industry already requires face coverings for workers. But they’re considering clarifying a health mandate that addresses it.
Trump administration COVID-19 task force urges Alaska to require masks for hot spots
State health officials on Wednesday called last week the worst yet in terms of fast-rising coronavirus cases.
Blood Bank issues critical call for plasma donors to aid COVID-19 patients in Alaska
The use of plasma from people infected by the novel coronavirus can help ill patients recover, including a Fairbanks man who credits the treatment with saving his life.
Governor announces all nonresidents will have to arrive in Alaska with negative COVID-19 tests
The new policy goes into effect Aug. 11 and marks a shift from existing protocols that allow visitors to get tested or quarantine after they arrive.
Testing reveals coronavirus cases in Alaska’s prisons and jails but no clusters yet, officials say
The state corrections department on July 1 began testing anyone entering the system.
Two new COVID-19 deaths tied to rural Alaska
The state on Monday reported 104 new COVID-19 infections around Alaska, including 98 in residents. Two seafood plants also reported dozens of new test results.
Anchorage Health Department announces infections in its workers
The announcement Friday that six city health employees have COVID-19 came the same day the state temporarily closed the Atwood Building for a new case involving a state worker there.
A shift in Alaska seafood plant virus outbreaks means they may be harder to contain
Nearly 100 workers at OBI Seafoods on Resurrection Bay tested positive for COVID-19 this week and another 40 in a Juneau plant. Some of them live in town.
Amid surge in COVID-19 cases, Alaska reports new death and new mask policy for state buildings
The Dunleavy administration had previously pushed back against an Anchorage order requiring people in indoor public spaces — including state employees — to wear masks in June.
Fort Yukon and Copper River communities avoided coronavirus for months. Now cases are rising in both.
Rural Alaska, where limited medical capacity is a concern, is suddenly seeing more COVID-19 cases as numbers soar in more urban communities.
Two dozen Alaska Airlines workers quarantined after 2 Anchorage agents test positive for coronavirus
The two agents with the virus did not work with the public for most of their shifts before the test results came in, a corporate spokesman said.