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Leaders from Sealaska are asking Alaska's University system to establish UAS as the administrative hub for rural community campuses.

According to a press release from the Department of Health and Social Services, the new cases were discovered in eight communities: 12 in Anchorage, four in Wasilla, three in Eagle River, three in Kenai, two in Homer and one each in Soldotna, the Kenai Peninsula Borough and Anchor Point.

Alaskans in the state’s three largest cities take to the streets in response to the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis who died after being arrested. A widely circulated video shows him saying he can’t breathe as a white officer pinned him to the ground with his knee on Floyd’s neck.

Alaskans take to growing flowers and food with vigor in our short growing season. And this year, with physical distancing thanks to the coronavirus, the…

This time of year, In the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, communities along the Parks highway are usually teeming with tourists looking to camp in scenic…

The latest cases include five Alaskans: two from the Kenai Peninsula Borough, two from the Anchorage area and one from Juneau.

The coronavirus has cut deep into the finances of the already-strained public university system. One proposal to reduce spending: Merge the University of Alaska Southeast into one, or both, of the other two universities.

Representatives from the regional health corporation landed in the village within hours of the announcement and immediately began testing community members.

There were 13 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Alaska on Wednesday. That’s the most new cases for one day in six weeks, according to the state Department of Health and Social Services.

Lawmakers met on Wednesday to hear from health care providers and labor leaders about their concerns as workplaces in Alaska reopen.