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In this 2020 photo captured inside a clinical setting, a health care provider places a bandage on the injection site of a patient who just received a flu vaccine. The best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated every year. CDC recommends everyone 6 months of age and older get a flu vaccine…

Area of the proposed Pebble Mine. (Jason Sear/KDLG) In a surprise announcement Wednesday, the Trump administration denied a permit for the Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska. The proposed open-pit gold and copper mine would have been one of the largest in North America. At many points during the Trump presidency it has appeared that the…

Byron Corral helps pass out boxes of food at the Food Bank of Alaska’s emergency distribution site at Tikahtnu Commons in East Anchorage on Monday, July 20, 2020. (Tegan Hanlon/Alaska Public Media)   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 Wednesday on…

An empty hallway at Aurora Elementary in Anchorage, Alaska on October 23, 2020. (Mayowa Aina/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage School District will continue with online learning through December 17th according to a message from Superintendent Deena Bishop today. Students will then go on winter break until January. Read more: Anchorage will enter ‘modified hunker down’…

Downtown Anchorage, as seen from the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in April, 2020. (Abbey Collins/Alaska Public Media) Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson announced a new emergency order on Wednesday to place Anchorage in a “modified hunker down” mode to curb the massive uptick in COVID-19 cases over the past several weeks.  “Today, we find ourselves in…

The Wilderness Adventurer, a small Uncruise ship, docked in Juneau on April 23, 2020. On Aug. 1, the ship was the first tourism passenger ship to sail in Southeast Alaska during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jennifer Pemberton / KTOO) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us…

A skier in low-angle terrain remotely triggered a larger avalanche in Turnagain Pass on Sunday, November 22. (Henry Munter/Chugach Avalanche Information Center) Forecasters are warning of dangerous avalanche conditions in the mountains around Southcentral Alaska. “Things really are dangerous coming into this Thanksgiving holiday,” said Wendy Wagner, director of the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information…

A public health worker in a tent outside Juneau International Airport bags a freshly collected nasal swab for COVID-19 testing on Sept. 1, 2020. (Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO) The state health department on Tuesday reported 13 deaths tied to the coronavirus and 583 new infections. It’s the largest number of deaths reported in a single day by…

The new USPS stamp designed by Tlingit artist Rico Lanáat’ Worl 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 Monday on Alaska News Nightly: Will oil companies participate in a lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? And, a look…

Tastee-Freez owner Rich Owens poses outside of his restaurant just before opening for the day on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) As COVID-19 cases soar in Anchorage, restaurants are bracing for the possibility of another shutdown, but Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson said late last week that she had no immediate plans for…

Businesses all over Alaska have been shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Hannah Lies/Alaska Public Media) Economic forecasting is always something of an exercise in prognostication — that is, gazing into a crystal ball and hoping to see Alaska’s future.   But state economist Neal Fried said it’s particularly difficult to figure out what next year…

Pioneer Peak and the city of Palmer. Photo: Paul Twardock Ice skating on Westchester Lagoon. Photo: Paul Twardock Skiing on the Gasline Trail in Chugach State Park. Photo: Paul Twardock Turnagain Pass. Photo: Paul Twardock Virgin Creek Falls, in Girdwood. Photo: Paul Twardock Winter has arrived in Alaska and it’s time to get prepared for…

Area of the proposed Pebble Mine. (Jason Sear/KDLG) Publicly, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources says it’s not involved with Pebble Limited Partnership’s application for a federal permit to dig an open-pit gold mine upstream from Bristol Bay.  But text messages and meeting notes – released in response to a public records request from mine…

Assembly chair Felix Rivera and Assembly member Austin Quinn-Davidson at the Anchorage Assembly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The acting mayor of Anchorage said there will be no new mandates related to the coronavirus this week, but left the door open for new orders if virus cases continue…

Skiing on the Gasline Trail in Chugach State Park. (Paul Twardock) There’s a Norwegian term for deliberately embracing time spent outside, for both the mental and physical benefits. It’s frifluftsliv (pronounced FREE-loofts-leev), something Alaskans will find familiar, in spirit if not in name. And some say it’s a way to cope with the many limitations…

SEARHC personnel test a colleague for COVID-19 at the employee screening tent behind the hospital on April 28, 2020. (KCAW photo/Berett Wilber) Anchorage health officials say they’ve seen a dramatic drop in the ability of contact tracers to reach residents who have tested positive for COVID-19.   At a press conference Friday, officials said they’re asking…

The new USPS stamp designed by Tlingit artist Rico Lanáat’ Worl The artwork of a Tlingit artist from Juneau will be featured on a new postage stamp set for distribution next year. Rico Lanáat’ Worl is the founder of Trickster Company, a design shop based in Juneau that incorporates traditional Northwest Coast Art into everything…

Tastee-Freez owner Rich Owens poses outside of his restaurant just before opening for the day on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) 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: Public records suggest an…

A health care provider places a band-aid on the injection site of a patient who just received a flu vaccine. (Lauren Bishop/CDC) New COVID-19 treatments and vaccines are on the horizon nationwide, and for Alaska. The two leading COVID-19 vaccines could hit the state next month. And monoclonal antibody infusions — a treatment received by…

The YWCA of Alaska recently named its 31st cohort of Women of Achievement. On this edition of Hometown Alaska, we’ll learn more about the mission and priorities of this organization as it has thrived through three decades. And, we’ll meet and speak with several Women of Achievement to learn their story and hear their wisdom.…

A screengrab from Coast Guard video shows rescue swimmer Grant Roberts (left) and survivor Kurt Brodersen (right), holding on to all that remains of Brodersen’s boat “Irony” — the hatch cover. (Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard) 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…

A unit at the edge of ConocoPhillips’ Kuparuk oil field, on Alaska’s North Slope. (Rachel Waldholz/Alaska Public Media) Next year’s budget hasn’t been approved yet, but ConocoPhillips Alaska is planning to restart some of its drilling projects on the North Slope.  The company’s president, Joe Marushack, outlined plans at the annual Resource Development Council conference…