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Federal managers voted Monday to close a huge swath of Upper Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing, capping a two-year fight over the fate of the fishery and its 500 permit-holders.

Providers charged with giving the vaccine say they’re eager to use the first doses to protect their front-line workers. But they also say workers are hesitant about being among the first to receive doses on a nationwide scale, and add that the first shipment will do little to ease the current demands of the pandemic.

The job wasn’t an easy one to begin with, and the surge of infections is increasing the pressure on Alaska’s contact tracers, leading to burnout and turnover.

State officials say that the federal government is treating Alaska as a "territory" and sending its initial batch of COVID-19 vaccines all at once, instead of once a week. The vaccine will be prioritized for front-line health care workers and residents of long-term care centers like nursing homes.

The decision to suspend the search for David Simmons and Janae Larson is due to bad weather and unstable ground.

The Bureau of Land Management says, however, it could withdraw some tracts from leasing after its 30-day comment period ends Dec. 17.

Haines’ high school gym has been converted into an evacuation center. It has enough cots for 50 people in it, but no one has moved in yet.

Austin Quinn-Davidson began feeling symptoms a week ago, according to a Sunday press release.

The 18-year-old accused of killing four of his family members was previously charged with assaulting other close relatives, and now faces another charge of assaulting a jail guard.

Members of the Republican, Libertarian and Alaskan Independence parties filed a lawsuit against Ballot Measure 2, saying it harms the rights of free political association.