A Skagway newspaper owner was turned back at the Canadian border. Agents deemed her return home “non-essential”
When Canadian border agents deemed one Skagway News publisher’s trip back to Skagway non-essential, it left her operating a local paper… remotely.
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A sign Anchorage mandates are working, state forecasts a decline in new coronavirus infections
But health officials caution that the forecast could easily change depending on how Alaskans behave.
Hundreds of Anchorage students didn’t participate in online learning last spring. Will they this fall?
As Anchorage families prepare for distance learning, teachers and administrators are working to implement new tools and techniques to keep every student engaged.
Some churches defy Anchorage’s COVID-19 order limiting large indoor gatherings
A handful of churches defied the city’s emergency order to limit gatherings to stop the spread of COVID-19 last week.
Pandemic makes Alaska Bar exam too risky, new law grads say
Law school graduates are petitioning for safer alternatives to gathering indoors for a two-day test.
Assembly passes sweeping CARES Act spending plan
On Wednesday evening, the Anchorage Assembly passed a wide-ranging spending plan for more than $100 million in federal CARES Act funding allocated from the state. Among other things, it includes money for housing assistance, child care, jobs programs and small business and nonprofit relief.
COVID-19 outbreak at Juneau’s Kensington Mine grows to 19
Coeur Alaska’s Kensington Mine reported Wednesday that number of employees testing positive for the coronavirus had risen to 19. And that number could still rise. Juneau city officials say tests for 94 of the 210 workers at the mine are still pending.
U.S. Treasury Inspector General warns property purchases might not be acceptable use of CARES Act funds
Federal officials cautioned the Anchorage municipality that the plan to purchase properties for a substance treatment center and housing for people experiencing homelessness may not fall within the allowable use for CARES Act funds.
Rare white orca spotted in Southeast Alaska
A Petersburg-based whale watching and charter company documented the white orca in the Inside Passage this summer. It’s been sighted frequently in British Columbia and Washington state as well.
Uncruise says Wilderness Adventurer did not have COVID-19 on board after all
The passenger who tested positive for coronavirus aboard the only cruise ship to sail in Alaska during the pandemic does not have COVID-19, according to the ship’s operator.
Eight more COVID-19 cases found at Anchorage Pioneer Home
Another seven elders and one staff member are infected with the coronavirus, the state health department says.
24 years after her death on a Sitka bike path, genetic evidence leads to Jessica Baggen’s killer
DNA evidence led investigators to a 66-year old man living in Arkansas, who took his own life last week, shortly after Alaska investigators arrived to question him.
Alaska Natives, Pacific Islanders have a disproportionate number of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations
Alaskans of Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander ethnicity make up 4% of the cases in the state, while they’re only 1% of the population.
Anchorage Assembly authorizes city to purchase properties for homeless services
The Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday night to authorize the municipality to move forward with the purchase of four properties for substance treatment and homelessness resources. The controversial plan stirred multiple protests on both sides of the issue, plus nearly thirty hours of public testimony and thousands of emailed comments about the proposal.
Alaska officials say Trump’s proposed $400-a-week unemployment boost is under review
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy's administration is working to see how it can restore expanded unemployment benefits to about 60,000 people under a new initiative announced by President Donald Trump, but there's no time frame for getting the program started.
Border woes: When Canada says no
Kathryn Miller and her boyfriend were just trying to get home to Juneau with a truck they'd just purchased in Anchorage. But at the...
6 things you need to know about Alaska’s new travel rules
Alaska is imposing new testing requirements. Here's what travelers need to know.
Seiners in Southeast Alaska rescue an unlikely hard-shelled visitor
Biologists identified the catch as a Pacific green sea turtle.
Prevo selected to run Liberty University in Falwell’s absence
Liberty University has selected retired Anchorage Baptist Temple Pastor Jerry Prevo to be the interim president of the school.
Murkowski, Sullivan back Senate bill to help Postal Service
Alaska’s U.S. senators have signed on to the Postal Service Emergency Assistance Act. It has aid for USPS that Senate leaders left out of their latest coronavirus relief bill.