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(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Try to imagine, for a minute, being in High School again. The time in yourlife when you were exploring the bigger world, making plans for college,and when your friends were more influential and important than even yourown family. Then imagine, that it all gets taken away. Suddenly you…

Fairbanks Pioneer Home (Photo from DHSS) Twenty-eight people at the Fairbanks Pioneer Home tested positive for COVID-19, the Department of Health and Social Services announced Tuesday.   That number includes 9 residents and 19 staff members. The first case of the cluster was reported two weeks ago and after that employees were tested twice weekly regardless…

Alaska budget reserve balances. (Valerie Kern / 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 Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: Candidates like to talk about state budget cuts, but experts say it’s not easy. Plus, Newtok residents lost…

Housing in the Yukon-Kuskokwim community of Quinhagak, Alaska (Photo from Alaska Department of Commerce Community Photo Library) The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta experienced an unprecedented number of COVID-19 cases in a single day. On Oct. 5, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced 20 new cases, all in Quinhagak. The news comes after YKHC announced on Oct. 2 that…

State Sen. Peter Micciche (right) and Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka at a fundraising event for U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan in Homer on Friday. (Peter Micciche) Indoor campaign events for some Alaska Republican candidates have gone on amid the pandemic, sometimes with few masks in sight, even after recommendations from Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration to…

Anchorage residents gather on the Delaney Park Strip to commemorate more than 200,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19. (Photo by Kavitha George/AKPM) 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: A judge says the state…

A scanning electron micrograph shows a cell (green) heavily infected with particles (yellow) of SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Alaska set a record for new COVID-19 cases among residents Monday, but a top hospital industry official said that facilities aren’t seeing a spike in patients and that…

Sheryl Mohwinkel, Melinda Greig, and Jenny Kimball preparing to swim the Nancy Lake Canoe Trail System, photo courtesy Sheryl Mohwinkel. Swimming one of the channels on the Nancy Lake Canoe Trail System, photo courtesy Sheryl Mohwinkel. In Alaska, the idea of a trail expands beyond feet on the ground. Rivers and lakes are part of our…

Voters make their choices during Alaska’s primary election on Aug. 18, 2020 at Juneau-Douglas High School Yadaa.at Kalé. The booths were kept more than six feet apart as a COVID-19-related safety measure. Sunday is the deadline to register to vote in the general election in Alaska. (Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media) Sunday, Oct. 4,…

The Bartlett High School Golden Bears face off against the Chugiak Mustangs at Mulcahey Field in Anchorage for the 2017 state football semi-final. Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media) In-person instruction hasn’t started yet at Anchorage public schools, but there are already coronavirus infections tied to the school district. On Friday, the Anchorage School District reported 25…

October 2-9, 2020 marks this year’s Alaska Book Week. Find a list of happenings here. While in-person events won’t be the norm, a slate of virtual opportunities await: Alaska Reads 2020: Join a Zoom discussion of “Find the Good” with author Heather Lende through your local library. List of participating libraries statewide on this poster.…

The bears enjoyed a peaceful feast at Brooks Falls.Brooks River had its largest salmon run ever at 800,000 fish. (Photo by Katmai National Park and Preserve) “This is probably the fattest fat bear week ever,” said Naomi Boak, a media ranger for Katmai National Park. “We had the largest salmon run ever, we had 800,000…

Bear 435 Holly, “Michelin Man”. (Naomi Boak/Katmai National Park and Preserve) Voting on the immense girth of various brown bears at Katmai National Park is underway in the park’s annual Fat Bear Week competition. Many of the bears are well known to those watching Katmai’s Brooks Falls bear cam online (Think salmon leaping into a…

The bears enjoyed a peaceful feast at Brooks Falls.Brooks River had its largest salmon run ever at 800,000 fish. (Photo by Katmai National Park and Preserve) 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: The state’s…

Sitka fisherman Jacquie Foss stands in front of her and her husband’s troller, the Axel. The boat is tied up for the winter in Eliason Harbor after a challenging season. (Erin McKinstry/KCAW) 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 Thursday…

Kelly Shrein and her 5th grade students at Northwood Elementary School meet online for the first day of classes Aug. 20, 2020. (Mayowa Aina/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage School District elementary students will not return to in-person classes on Oct. 19 because of an increase in COVID-19 infections in the city. The district made the postponement…

A surgical mask (Alex Chirkin/Creative Commons) Masks are effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19. But misinformation about masks has been easy to find on social media during the pandemic. That’s frustrating for infectious disease specialist Dr. Ben Westley in Anchorage, who is among those pleading with people to please, put a mask on. Westley…

Sen. Dan Sullivan meets with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. (Screengrab from YouTube) 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 Alaska News Nightly: Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan says he’s impressed with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.…

U.S. Senate candidate Al Gross with a bear killed on Oct. 19, 1995 in Sweetheart Flats, south of Juneau. (Al Gross campaign) On the morning of Oct. 19, 1995, Jeff Jones heard a “bloodcurdling scream,” then “bear.” Jones looked over to see a brown bear 5 to 10 feet from his duck hunting partner, current…

Mertarvik is a newly constructed village on Nelson Island that the village of Newtok is relocating to. July 16, 2020 in Mertarvik, Alaska. (Katie Basile/KYUK) A mistake prevented residents of a Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta community from being able to vote in Alaska’s primary election. The Alaska Division of Elections said that it didn’t know people were…