Mat-Su schools will reduce classroom days to 4 a week in effort to limit spread of COVID-19
After initially planning to begin the school year with in-person classes five days a week, the district is tightening its COVID-19 precautions.
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Mat-Su schools will require face masks among other COVID-19 precautions when classes begin
Teachers, staff and children in grades 3-12 will be required to wear nose and mouth coverings, the district announced Tuesday.
Alaska House Republicans seek to unseat fellow Republican Rep. David Eastman
Several lawmakers went door-to-door, seeking support for the Republican challenger to their fellow incumbent.
Big Lake mud volleyball tournament draws a crowd despite COVID-19
More than 500 people attended the 33rd annual event, a benefit for the Big Lake Lions Club.
Alaska Pioneer Homes to resume limited family visitations, after months of isolation
The purpose of reopening is to reduce feelings of loneliness, helplessness and boredom that elders are experiencing, the state said.
Communities around Alaska canceled Fourth of July celebrations to slow COVID-19. Now unsanctioned events are replacing them.
Organizers around the state are planning parades, fireworks — even a sing-along — as coronavirus outbreaks spread.
Some anticipate boom in personal fireworks use after July 4 events drop off across Alaska
Officials hope Alaskans watch wildfire risk as more people are expected to hold their own fireworks displays, even in communities where personal fireworks use is illegal.
Fairbanks man drowns after flipping canoe near Big Lake
Foul play is not suspected in 30-year-old Arthur Analoak's death, troopers said. He was not wearing a flotation device when his canoe overturned Saturday.
Officers serving warrant kill Wasilla man who reached for firearm, troopers say
The officers who shot and killed the man while they were trying to apprehend him this week include one Alaska State Trooper and two U.S. Marshals, troopers said.
Palmer police chief who once called Black Lives Matter protesters a ‘hate group’ will keep his job
Chief Dwayne Shelton was back at work Monday as the city promised to see how its "policies and procedures are causing unequal treatment."
Motorcyclist dies in collision with SUV on Wasilla-Fishhook Road
The 35-year-old motorcyclist passed several vehicles before he collided with an SUV making a turn, troopers said.
16-year-old boy accused of shooting 20-year-old man in Wasilla during dispute, troopers say
The man’s injuries were not life-threatening and he was taken to a hospital, troopers said.
Alaska inmate who killed 2 and wounded 3 in notorious 2007 rampage dies in custody
Christopher Erin Rogers Jr., 41, hacked his sleeping father to death with a machete in Palmer and almost killed his father’s fiancee.
At large Palmer rally, demonstrators call for unity and stamping out racism in local communities
Several recent high school graduates helped organize Saturday’s peaceful march in Palmer, where worries of a major clash between protesters and counterprotesters did not materialize.
Black Lives Matter march in Palmer to be streamed for people ‘who don’t feel safe’ attending in person
The march, which has city permission, is expected to draw many protesters as well as some who identify as militia members called up to keep order.
Ahead of weekend protest, Palmer police chief placed on leave for ‘inappropriate’ Facebook posts about Black Lives Matter
Dwayne Shelton called Black Lives Matter a hate group and said rape victims regularly make false reports.
City of Palmer places police chief on leave over inflammatory social media posts
Before he became police chief, Dwayne Shelton called Black Lives Matter a hate group and backed assertions that up to 40% of sexual assault reports are false.
Some suggest a ‘Not Fair’ to replace the canceled Alaska State Fair
The loss of the late-summer event was a huge hit for vendors, vegetable growers and 4-H kids. There’s already talk of alternatives in the Valley.
An eerily quiet Talkeetna heads into a summer without cruise ship tourists or climbers
The town at the base of the Alaska Range usually bustles with tourists by now. But the cruise ships and mountain climbers aren’t coming this year.