At an Anchorage seafood processor, more than a third of employees test positive for COVID-19
Anchorage Health Department announced on Friday that 56 of 134 employees at the Copper River Seafoods plant in Anchorage tested positive for COVID-19 between July 17 and July 22. Thirty more employees have tests pending and 14 have not been tested. Nearly all are residents of the municipality, the department said.
COVID-19 cases in Anchorage move school district into all-online learning
The average number of cases is now above 30 cases over the last 14 days.
COVID-19 case shuts down Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage
Part of the building was closed down last weekend for cleaning after another positive case.
Despite months of aggressive measures, Fort Yukon reports 21 cases of COVID-19
The community has been in lockdown since March, and the cases only resulted from a false positive of a resident who had been flown to Fairbanks.
Seafood companies kept COVID-19 from infecting Alaskans. Now they’re trying to keep the virus out of their plants.
At the start of the pandemic, fishing towns feared that seasonal workers could import the virus and infect locals. Now, as infection rates rise among residents, the dynamic has reversed: Seafood processing companies are trying to keep locals from infecting workers in their plants.
As extra unemployment runs out, Food Bank of Alaska braces for elevated need to grow
The food bank estimates that the need for food assistance is up about 75% statewide compared to last year.
With permit for controversial mine nearly in hand, Pebble CEO says he’s sure opposition will soften
Pebble Chief Executive Tom Collier said it’s the most significant day for the proposed mine n 15 years.
Alaska Air loses a nearly quarter of a billion dollars in second quarter
Alaska Air Group Inc. on Thursday reported a second-quarter loss of $214 million
Trump Administration approves road through Gates of the Arctic National Preserve
The Bureau of Land Management has approved the proposed route for the controversial Ambler Road Project.
In its record of decision released Thursday, BLM approved...
Sand Point’s docks and road damaged in 7.8 quake
The city closed two docks immediately, but an administrator says it looks worse than it is.
Anchorage residents should not have gotten tsunami phone alert after Aleutian quake, warning center says
While the overlapping zones for tsunami alerts have, in the past, led to alerts in Anchorage out of an abundance of caution, the Tsunami Warning Center says the one that pinged some phones in Anchorage Tuesday night should not have.
Mat-Su school district charts its own path to reopening
The district says it intends to open at 'green' status, regardless of the number of cases in the borough.
Some Lower Yukon villages are going on lockdown to stop spread of COVID-19
The communities are shutting down in order to help one another out, after cases are first reported in nearby communities.
Public hearing on Anchorage property purchase ends, vote expected next week
Public hearing testimony on the city’s plan to purchase properties for a treatment center, housing and homelessness resources ended late Wednesday evening. It was the fifth day of the hearing, at which hundreds of Anchorage residents called in or testified in person.
Why a baby dinosaur bone in the Arctic could change what we know about dinosaur habitats
The find of a baby dinosaur bone in a stream bed on Alaska's North Slope says a lot about dinosaur migration - or lack thereof - say scientists who made the discovery.
Dunleavy announces new health mandates
Dunleavy announced that state employees will be required to wear masks.
Anchorage School District postpones start of fall sports until at least Aug. 5
The announcement comes as the Anchorage mayor reinstates limitations on bars, restaurants and other businesses.
Alaska’s COVID-19 transmission rate leads nation, as 94 people test positive and another dies
The number of people with COVID-19 or suspected of having the disease jumped to a new high.
As cases rise, Anchorage restricts gatherings, capacity in Anchorage bars and restaurants
With the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Anchorage, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz released new orders on Wednesday to reinstate some limitations on bars, restaurants and other gathering spaces. The new orders go into effect at 8 a.m. on Friday.
Outbreak at Seward salmon processing plant grows to 96, state says
The plant has about 260 workers, who are a mix of residents and nonresidents, according to Scott Meszaros, Seward's city manager. He said 90 employees have been tested so far, and that more positives are expected as the remainder of the workers are tested.