The state has revised its two-week quarantine requirement. Here’s what we know about the changes.
For more than two months, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration required people traveling to Alaska from out of state to quarantine for two weeks once they get here. But, that changed June 6. Here is some of what we know so far.
For Gov. Dunleavy, COVID-19 evokes century-old family loss to the flu in rural Alaska
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy grew up in Pennsylvania. But his wife, Rose, is Inupiaq, raised in the Northwest Alaska village of Noorvik, and her mother once told Dunleavy a story that connects to the state’s traumatizing experience in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
With uncertainty about how school will look in the fall, Anchorage parents turn to home school
Some parents are concerned about health, others are looking for educational certainty.
A Seattle fishing company has had more than 100 COVID-19 cases on its ships. They’re heading to Alaska this summer.
With Alaska's summer fishing season still gearing up, the industry has already been shaken by its first major outbreak. Last week, Seattle-based American Seafoods confirmed that 92 crew from its American Dynasty ship had tested positive for COVID-19 -- nearly three-fourths of 124 people onboard.
Juneau’s mayor Beth Weldon recovered from COVID-19 this week
During Monday evening’s city assembly meeting, Mayor Beth Weldon said she traveled to the Lower 48 to move her son out of his college dorm. When she came back, she started her 14-day quarantine, and then started to feel sick.
Patient at Anchorage transitional care center is Alaska’s latest coronavirus death
The Providence Transitional Care Center in East Anchorage is the site of the state’s largest coronavirus outbreak.
‘We’ve got to do better’: Anchorage police address racial bias, use of force policies
Anchorage Police Chief Justin Doll said that the department has a "progressive mindset" when it comes to its use of force policies, but acknowledged there are areas where the department needs to improve.
Alaska hospitals fear long-term financial consequences of COVID-19
With health care spending down 60% from May, some hospitals are struggling to survive.
LISTEN: Alaska lacks good data on police killings, researcher says
Researchers wish there was more data to contextualize the rate of police killings in Alaska.
Sharp increase in hospitalizations as COVID case tally rises by 20
The number of people currently in the hospital with COVID-19 in Alaska nearly doubled between Monday and Tuesday.
Murkowski’s Trump ‘struggle’: Her goals for Alaska vs. her values
She likes what he does but not what he says.
After pandemic leads to shortage, animal rights groups send 8,000 pounds of dog food to rural Alaska
The food will be shipped to Bethel, from where it will be distributed around the region.
Dunleavy says he won’t defund police, but thanks protesters for weighing in on injustice
Dunleavy didn’t list specific changes he would advocate, but said he expects ideas to come from conversations between Alaskans.
Site of Alaska’s largest COVID-19 outbreak begins third round of testing, as some patients grow worse
More than 40 of the center’s patients and caregivers have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. One of the patients has died.
Alaska superior court judge orders state to correct its summary of the oil-tax initiative
Superior Court Judge William Morse sided with proponents of the ballot initiative, saying Meyer did not provide an impartial summary.
As COVID-19 spikes in Alaska, Kenai Peninsula emerges as virus hotspot
COVID-19 has spread quickly in recent weeks on the Kenai Peninsula, which now has 62 active cases and a per capita infection rate that’s three times the one found in Anchorage, according to state data.
LISTEN: April’s job losses were huge — how long will they last?
But, unlike other periods of significant job loss in Alaska’s history, this one may be short lived.
Health officials worry Alaskans have ‘coronavirus fatigue’ as active cases reach new high
Public health officials say they worry that some residents have developed fatigue about the contagious disease and are not social distancing or taking other precautions.
State offering rent and mortgage relief for Alaskans struggling during COVID-19 pandemic
In an effort to keep Alaskans in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state housing authority is offering assistance with mortgage and rent payments.
Alaska health workers seek mask rule for crowded businesses
Recent medical studies and real-world evidence support the use of masks to prevent the spread of the virus, the letter said.