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The first donation from CeeJay Johnson’s GoFundMe waiting to be delivered to Tuluksak. (Photo courtesy of Elsie Allain) The Western Alaska village of Tuluksak is relying on private donations and the regional health corporation for shipments of bottled water after the village’s water purification plant burned down about two weeks ago. But the donations may…

A vial of COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage’s main tribal health provider is vaccinating employees of its affiliated for-profit company and nonprofit organizations, and their household members, without regard to their race, age or vulnerability. That’s frustrating some of the teachers,…

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy follows Treg Taylor into a news conference at the governor’s Anchorage office on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (Photo by Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media) Alaska Attorney General Ed Sniffen is leaving his position 11 days after Gov. Mike Dunleavy appointed him. Dunleavy’s office announced the departure on Friday and said Treg Taylor…

On Jan. 16, a fire in Tuluksak destroyed the village’s washeteria and water plant building, which was their only source of clean, running water. (Courtesy Kristy Napoka) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. Friday on Alaska News Nightly: Alaska’s…

A vial of COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage’s main tribal health provider is vaccinating employees of its affiliated for-profit company and nonprofit organizations without regard to their race, age or vulnerability — frustrating some of the teachers, people with underlying conditions…

Akutan Volcano, on Akutan Island, overshadows the village of Akutan. Nearly 1000 people are employed at the large Trident seafood processing plant (in foreground). (Courtesy Helena Buurman/Alaska Volcano Observatory) COVID-19 has hit another processing plant operated by fishing giant Trident Seafoods — this time aboard one of the corporation’s massive factory trawlers, the Island Enterprise.…

“We are Water Protectors” urges activism to protect water and other natural resources. Author Carole Lindstrom was inspired by Indigenous led movements like the 2016 demonstrations against the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Cover illustration courtesy of Michaela Goade) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook…

Gwennie’s Old Alaska Restaurant is empty on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (Matthew Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage will further ease several COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and organized sports beginning Feb. 1, Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson announced Thursday. The move follows a continued decline in COVID-19 case counts in the city and state.  Under Emergency Order 18,…

A hallway that would normally be full of elementary school students is empty on the first day of school, August 20, 2020, as students begin the school year entirely online. (Mayowa Aina/Alaska Public Media) Many kids in Alaska are just now starting to return to in-person learning after the pandemic forced school buildings to close…

The site where Shís’gi Noow , or the Fort of Young Saplings, once stood in Sitka National Historical Park. A plaque commemorating the spot reads: “The Kiks.ádi clan of the Tlingit Tribe fought here against invading forces in 1804. The Kiks.ádi men and women sought to preserve and protect their land and its resources for…

The site where Shís’gi Noow , or the Fort of Young Saplings, once stood in Sitka National Historical Park. A plaque commemorating the spot reads: “The Kiks.ádi clan of the Tlingit Tribe fought here against invading forces in 1804. The Kiks.ádi men and women sought to preserve and protect their land and its resources for…

Paul Varelans at UFC 7 in 1995 (Courtesy Robin Postell/robinpostell.com) A larger-than-life Alaskan who was a legend from the early days of the Ultimate Fighting Championship died earlier this month with COVID-19. Paul Varelans was a 6-foot-8, 300-pound giant from Fairbanks and a pioneer in the now wildly popular UFC. He died at the age…

A black Hummer with the license plate “3REICH” waits at a stoplight in Anchorage. (Photo by Matt Tunseth) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: A more contagious strain of COVID-19 is detected in Alaska.…

A COVID-19 outbreak at one of Alaska’s largest fish processing plants continues to grow.  At Trident Seafoods’ huge plant on the remote Aleutian island of Akutan, 135 workers have tested positive for the virus, the state Department of Health and Social Services reported Tuesday. The company has only tested about half of its 700 workers,…

Anchorage School District nurse Jennifer Perkins injects retired chemistry teacher David Boyd with the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) State health officials say they’re set to launch a live hotline this week for Alaskans trying to get vaccine appointments. There’s currently an answering service where Alaskans looking for appointments can leave…

Anchorage residents line up at a COVID-19 testing site at the Loussac Library in November. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest obstacles to keeping the virus in check in Alaska was a global testing crunch. Shortages in supplies, technology and public health infrastructure could keep…

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks about the state’s COVID-19 response from the Atwood Building in Anchorage on March 23, 2020. (Alaska Governor’s Office) Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed a bill to Alaska’s legislature on Monday that would extend the state’s  COVID-19 public health disaster declaration through September.  The bill would extend Dunleavy’s fourth declaration of the pandemic, which…

Rasmuson Foundation is in active outreach mode, seeking underrepresented artists to apply for the 2021 Individual Artists Awards. Today’s show features past winners offering advice, and Rasmuson Foundation employees focused on the Individual Artists Award program. In times of stress and economic hardship, it can be easy to let art and its impact on us…

Christy NaMee Eriksen of Juneau (left), Jen Stever of Anchorage (top right), and Makayla Blewett of Anchorage (bottom right) shared their thoughts and poetry on the 2021 inaugural poet Amanda Gorman who’s received significant positive reaction to her poem. (Mayowa Aina/Alaska Public Media) One of the most celebrated moments of President Joe Biden’s inauguration featured…

The F/V Lucky Island is docked Friday at Carl E. Moses Harbor on the Aleutian Island of Unalaska. Abraham Camacho Castillo, left, and Saul Rood are crew members, while Captain Diego Castillo peers out from the wheelhouse. (Hope McKenney/KUCB) A third seafood processing plant has shut down in the Aleutian Islands amid a COVID-19 outbreak,…