Tag: coronavirus
Anchorage restaurant grants to feed hungry create a ‘win-win-win’
The Restaurant Rescue program, aims to help keep restaurants busy, while feeding residents in need.
Gov. Dunleavy issues fourth COVID-19 disaster declaration for Alaska
Under state law, disaster declarations expire after no more than 30 days unless the Legislature votes to extend them.
Poll: Nearly half of Alaska Republicans won’t get COVID-19 vaccine
A statewide poll from late November shows that 45% of Alaskans who identify as Republicans said they won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine when they become eligible. That’s compared with just 13% of Democrats.
The Trump administration joined with tribes to get vaccines to rural and Indigenous Alaskans. Here’s how.
After a year of pleading for access to COVID-19 testing and protective equipment, tribal health-care leaders say that a vaccine partnership with the Trump administration has brought good access to doses for rural areas and a measure of relief amid an unrelenting public health crisis.
1,100 appointments for Juneau’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic got booked in 25 minutes
All 1,100 appointments for this weekend’s mass COVID-19 vaccination event in Juneau are booked.
New report says emergency orders helped slow the spread of coronavirus in Anchorage
A new report shows COVID-19 pandemic restrictions helped slow the spread of the virus in Anchorage. That’s according to the state Section of Epidemiology.
In a Fairbanks lab, Alaska scientists search for the new, more contagious coronavirus strain
Alaska officials say they wish they could be analyzing more than the 96 samples they're processing every five days. But the state is being strategic about which specimens are targeted for sequencing, said Jayme Parker, a top scientist at the Fairbanks lab.
Here’s where the Anchorage School District will make COVID testing available as students look to return to classrooms
Anchorage families are encouraged to get a COVID test before returning to in-person learning next week.
LISTEN: Alaska jobs expected to slowly return in 2021
Alaska is expected to add jobs in 2021, but at a slow pace.
In rural Alaska, COVID-19 vaccines hitch a ride on planes, sleds and water taxi
Tribal health care providers have mobilized a massive effort that’s delivering thousands of doses to remote parts of the state, evoking the Serum Run that delivered lifesaving diphtheria treatment to Nome a century ago.
As COVID-19 canceled live events, Anchorage residents went analog
"They want comics to read or graphic novels or they want to play a role playing game just to get away from the real world for a few hours."
Lisa Murkowski’s been vaccinated, and Sullivan and Young will be, too
Members of Congress are eligible for early access to vaccine doses to help ensure continued functioning of government, and a small number of staffers were also offered shots starting early this week.
Anchorage acting mayor to ease COVID-19 restrictions beginning Friday
Bars and restaurants will be able to reopen to indoor service at 25% capacity starting New Year’s Day.
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Number of unsentenced Alaskans behind bars climbs under COVID-19 court, prison constraints
Jury trials remain suspended, and many people have no idea when they will get their day in court. Plus, defense attorneys say their inability to meet with clients put a damper on resolving cases through plea deals.
Without tourists or in-person markets, 2020 has been hard on Alaska artists
Artists in the state are trying to adapt by moving business online. But some artists say they’re making a fraction of normal sales.
Open ICU beds in Anchorage dwindle to four as state reports record deaths
Alaska set a record for the number of COVID-19-related deaths reported in a single day on Saturday when health officials announced that 18 Alaskans had died of the disease.
For Anchorage businesses, going online pays off during COVID-19
"The number of web orders we’re receiving right now is at least ten times the volume we have received typically in the past," Janet Gregory, who owns Over the Rainbow Toys, said about their new online platform.
LISTEN: Alaska’s small businesses face financial winter as pandemic drags on
Jon Bittner, with the Alaska Small Business Development Center, says without a second round of relief money, businesses will continue to suffer.
LISTEN: As Alaska’s COVID-19 count spikes, contact tracers bear the strain
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.