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‘We live in limbo’: Haines residents displaced by landslide seek path to return home

Some Haines residents displaced by the recent landslide say they’re still cut off from their properties and in the dark about what comes next.

Sealaska Corporation says it’s quitting logging

The move by one of the region’s economic powerhouses is the latest sign of Southeast Alaska’s economic transition away from logging.
Goose Creek Prison. Photo by Ellen Lockyer, KSKA - Anchorage.

‘I don’t want to die from this’: 40% of incarcerated Alaskans contract COVID-19 despite visitation bans

Advocates, inmates, and families are frustrated about what they see as an inadequate and opaque response from the Department of Corrections.

‘I can’t just be quiet right now’: Murkowski says Trump needs to resign

Sen. Lisa Murkowski says President Trump incited the violence at the Capitol and is too angry about losing the election to govern.
As seen from a window overlooking an empty field, hundreds of protesters gather

‘Mob rule’: Alaskans at the Capitol watch unrest roiling outside their doors

All three members of Alaska's Congressional delegation issued statements on social media Wednesday afternoon, saying they were safe and condemning violence.
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Anchorage School District’s first Black teacher and principal remembered as ‘trailblazer’

Etheldra Davis dedicated her life and career to education and community activism in Anchorage.
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Google taps Tlingit artist for Doodle honoring Alaska Native civil rights icon Elizabeth Peratrovich

If you need to Google something on Wednesday, you might see a familiar face.
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How has the coronavirus impacted you or your family?

Help us tell the story of the toll the coronavirus has taken on Alaska.
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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.
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COVID-19 outbreak reported at Hiland prison

Three prisons in the state currently have over 100 active COVID-19 cases.
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Adak under lockdown after finding first case of COVID-19

COVID-19 has locked down the westernmost community in the U.S. after a visitor tested positive on arrival on Saturday. It's the first confirmed case in the community of about 100 people, according to Adak City Manager Layton Lockett.
A mother with four children stands next to a wooden cross over a grave site decorated with flowers.

Bethel family loses young father to COVID-19

Bethel resident Kevin White was only 35 when COVID-19 took his life. He left behind four children, ages 16 months to 14 years old. His wife, Liane White, said no one expected Kevin to have a hard time with the disease.
A man stands at the front of a classroom pointing to a piece of paper in his hand

Alaska civics teachers guide students through unusual election year

“In my 22 years of teaching civics, I can honestly say I've never had to deal with the fear that the transfer of power would not go peacefully," Fairbanks government teacher Amy Gallaway said. "That is very different this year."
a person holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine

‘Lightning’s going to strike somewhere’: Juneau health care worker hospitalized, another treated after COVID-19 vaccination

A Juneau health care worker had a "serious allergic reaction" Tuesday and was hospitalized after being injected with the COVID-19 vaccine produced by drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
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COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Alaska

Employees at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage were among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccines in the state of Alaska.
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Cluster of Aleutian peaks could be single supervolcano, scientists say

If the researchers' suspicions are correct, the newfound volcanic caldera belongs to the same category of volcanoes as the Yellowstone Caldera and others that have had super-eruptions with profound global consequences.
A syringe next to eight little glass bottles

Alaska will get special first shipment of 35,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine as soon as next week

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.

Evacuations and several missing after rains prompt large landslide in Haines

The Haines Borough declared a weather emergency as heavy rains washed out roads throughout town, and landslides took out at least two homes.