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Melissa Hutchinson is a waitress and the dayshift supervisor at Gwennie's Old Alaska Restaurant. She's standing behind the bar at the Anchorage restaurant.

‘We’re all angry’: Anchorage restaurants lay off workers and shut down dine-in, while others defy order

Restaurants across Anchorage are having to make tough decisions as they quickly respond to the latest restrictions from Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz.

A building with a cement sidewalk marked as "emergency"

Some doctors say the state's COVID-19 dashboard doesn't tell the full story

The state's hospital capacity has remained at 'green' levels throughout the pandemic, but some are raising concerns about what those numbers don't show.

A photograph of the Juneau School District offices.

Juneau’s school year to start with no in-person classes

The Juneau School District will begin on Aug. 24 with no in-person instruction.Juneau School District Superintendent Bridget Weiss announced the decision…

Woodson Collins, 8, and Gus Collins, 4, video chat with friends in Anchorage with schools closed because of coronavirus. (Photo courtesy Jen Collins)

‘Enrollment is significantly down’ says Anchorage School District two weeks before school start

Hundreds of students have already chosen other programs while thousands have yet to verify their enrollment with the district.

A microscopic black and white image of a syphilis bacteria, which appears as a cork screw shape coming out of a flat surface.

COVID-19 hampers state response to syphilis outbreak

The state just reported the largest number of syphilus cases ever in the state with 250 people infected.

Residents gather on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at a kickoff event for organizers of an effort to Recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)

Recall Dunleavy effort misses deadline to appear in general election

The deadline to guarantee a recall vote on Nov. 3 is Tuesday, August 4.

Maj. Michael Gentry, 354th Contracting Squadron commander, is shown in his official military photo. Gentry graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2007 and served in both overseas and deployed locations before he assumed command of the 354th CONS in June 2018. He died in a cycling accident on Aug. 1, 2020. (Photo from Eielson Air Force Base)

Air Force major dies after hit by pickup during Interior Alaska cycling trip

The person driving the pickup Saturday was traveling with Maj. Michael "Cal" Gentry and another airman as they cycled from the Fairbanks area to Central.

Greg Bell holds a fish while standing in the water. A pilot and Soldotna resident, he was killed in a plan collision.

Kenai community remembers longtime pilot killed in plane crash

Greg Bell, 57, was a co-owner of High Adventure Air Charter and a lifelong Soldotna resident. He was flying one of the planes in the collision that killed seven last week, including Rep. Gary Knopp.

Two patrons open the door to Kriner's Diner on Monday, August 3, 2020.

For one Anchorage restaurant, a defiant opening brings in crowds

Kriner's Diner owner said he needed to stay open to pay the bills, and many patrons came out.

A sleek, silver rocket - called Astra's One of Three - sits in front of snow-covered mountains.

A wayward boat scuttled Astra’s launch attempt Sunday. They’ll try again Tuesday.

About 15 minutes from the planned launch, a boat had wandered into the waterway hazard zone, an area south of Narrow Cape that must be clear for the launch.

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