Tag: coronavirus
These three Alaska weddings were derailed by the pandemic. Here’s what the couples did next.
They planned for months. Then everything changed. Here are their stories of rushing to the courthouse for paperwork, trying on wedding dresses by Zoom and moving their first dances from ballrooms to living rooms.
Fifth nonresident seafood worker tests positive for coronavirus in Alaska
The state also announced that an 11th staff member of Juneau's Lemon Creek Correctional Center has tested positive for the virus.
Despite the pandemic, Alaska’s primary and general elections to follow normal voting process
Many were pushing for a move to mail-in ballots, but the Lieutenant Governor said that the current voting system, including absentee ballots, will be able to meet the demands of voters should a sharper outbreak of the coronavirus occur.
Trident seafood worker is the first positive COVID-19 test in Dillingham
Dillingham has its first case of COVID-19.
The challenges of distance education | Alaska Insight
In mid March, students went on spring break, but widespread concern over the coronavirus meant they could not return to their classrooms for the remainder of the spring semester.
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy will leave quarantine mandate in place for two more weeks
Dunleavy's quarantine mandate has been credited with helping to keep Alaska's COVID-19 case count the lowest of any state's, and it was set to expire Tuesday. The extension will run two weeks from that date, Dunleavy said at a news conference Friday.
LISTEN: Cellphone tracking gives real-time insight into Alaska’s economic recovery
A UAA researcher discusses what cell phone data is showing us, including what it reveals about people returning to retail locations.
Nunapitchuk, a small village in the Y-K Delta, is in lockdown after a positive test for COVID-19
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation said that the person was traveling from Anchorage when they tested positive at the Bethel airport before heading to a nearby village, Nunapitchuk, the same day.
As Alaska’s economy begins to reopen, Anchorage officials say the city is facing a childcare shortage
Of the 247 childcare facilities in the municipality, only 141 are open right now.
LISTEN: A psychologist joins us to discuss the keys to healthy aging
Can an old dog learn new tricks? In his book, "Our Wisdom Years," psychologist Dr. Garfield makes the case that as we enter our 60s, 70s and 80s, we are actually entering into a “developmental stage.”
LISTEN: Small businesses employ just over half of all Alaskans. How are they fairing as they wait for CARES act funding?
A lawsuits filed against the legislative budget and audit committee says the entire legislature must approve of releasing CARES Act funding to Alaska businesses and municipalities. What happens now and how many more businesses will go under while they wait for help?
Alaska Legislature plans to reconvene in Juneau to pass federal relief after lawsuit
The Alaska Legislature is planning to reconvene next week to formally appropriate federal COVID-19 relief, following a lawsuit that seeks to block the state government’s current plan for the relief.
State begins testing everyone at Lemon Creek Correctional Center for COVID-19
The decision comes after the announcement on Wednesday that ten staff members had tested positive for the coronavirus at the Juneau correctional facility.
Alaska’s quarantine order has helped thwart COVID-19 but devastated tourism. Will Dunleavy keep it?
Public health experts have credited measures like Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy's two-week quarantine order for travelers with holding the COVID-19 case count below every other state in the country.
But the order is set to expire Tuesday, and Dunleavy hasn't said what he'll do next.
Initial unemployment insurance claims keep dropping, but economists urge caution
While weekly initial unemployment claims keep falling, there's lots of reasons to think that job loss could be much worse than those numbers suggest.
LISTEN: ‘There’s no easy decisions,’ says owner of popular Anchorage restaurants
Snow City Cafe on April 3, 2020 (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media)
Alaska’s restaurants, with razor thin profit margins, have been hit as hard as...
Small business on the brink: Alaska faces a ‘generational loss’ as owners throw in the towel
Alaska businesses have received $1.3 billion from one federal program "That is a ton of money. And it still feels like it's not nearly enough."
Juneau man sues to block state’s $1.5 billion coronavirus aid plan, citing improper process
A retired carpenter and former University of Alaska regent is suing the Dunleavy administration, saying that the entire legislature must approve any state spending.
10 staff members at Lemon Creek Correctional Center have tested positive for COVID-19
Three new cases have been reported since the DOC confirmed the last case, but the department says that two new covid cases reported in Juneau yesterday were both linked to Lemon Creek.
Pandemic strains management of Yukon River salmon
Biologists have to figure out how to monitor salmon populations in rural communities without the danger of bringing the coronavirus into those communities.