UPDATED 6:16 p.m.: Fairbanks health officials attribute the state's lower numbers to Alaska's delay in infection, with an anticipated peak in cases following one or two weeks after the rest of the country. “We are expecting things to get worse," Dr. Mark Simon, an emergency physician at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, told reporters earlier Monday. "We are behind the curve of other locations and continue to be ready and anticipate.”
Spc. Milik Jaquez Craig, an infantryman, was found dead by a fellow soldier just before midnight. The cause of death is suspected to be unrelated to COVID-19.
“With the announcement on Sunday of RavnAir Alaska stopping all operations, Alaska Airlines expressed deep concern for the Ravn employees and communities in the state impacted by the news."
Miriam Braun apologized for not clarifying this earlier. Unknown to her initially, concern grew considerably after the story was published. She received a few emails from fellow employees and the director of the Geophysical Institute also sent an email to employees clarifying when she was exposed, she said.
“I had this instructor who just kind of changed my life,” she said. “She made me want to teach and be like her and read literature like her and teach other people how to read literature and be inspired by it and see the humanity in it.”
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is reminding the public to be careful around moose this spring after it received a “higher than normal …
“I just love the holiday. It reminds me not to take life so serious. We gotta learn to laugh.”
Hawks Greenhouse is a garden center and plant nursery, which grows and sells flowers, vegetable and herb plants, perennials, trees, houseplants and more. The business also deals in garden tools, soils and fertilizers, and garden decor.
The other night I took a fitness class. There were about 35 of us s…
Updated 5:58 p.m.: "At the end of the day, the investors and bank syndicate and private equity group that ultimately owned Ravn didn’t seem to want any additional help," Sen. Dan Sullivan told members of the Alaska Chamber. “That might be a lesson for all of us Alaskans: Don’t count on the Wall Street guys to look out for our concerns."
Keeping stores sanitized and supplies on the shelves during a globa…
“Anytime when I have almost any problem I’m constantly thinking about ways that I can print something to solve it.”
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Mark Sherman of Goldstream Engineering sent in this photo of their logo updated for these challenging times.
Emmitt Peters Sr., the 1975 winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, died of natural causes at the age of 79 at his home in Ruby on Thursday.
Alaska has seen a pandemic before, like when the Spanish flu took its toll on Nenana.
A small army of volunteers throughout Interior Alaska is making masks for local residents to wear, hoping to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. Read more
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