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Nome’s Norton Sound Regional Hospital. (Laura Kraegel/KNOM) by Davis Hovey–KNOM, Nome A Norton Sound Health Corporation employee in Nome tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The corporation made that announcement Thursday night, confirming the Bering Strait region’s second case thus far. According to NSHC, the positive COVID-19 result was found through routine …

The case is not associated with the seafood industry, and the person wasn’t tested in their home community, according to the state. by Isabelle Ross–KDLG, Dillingham CREDIT ALEX HAGER/KDLG The first Alaskan from the Bristol Bay and Lake and Peninsula region has tested positive for COVID-19. The state has not disclosed which community they are from because …

Alaska Commissioner of Education Michael Johnson by Dan Bross–KUAC, Fairbanks Listen here: State K-12 and University of Alaska officials have developed plans for operating through a range of COVID-19 threat levels. During a state COVID-19 press conference Wednesday night, Alaska Commissioner of Education Michael Johnson described a basic framework districts can use to guide delivery …

The Alaska Legislature convened this week to take up federal CARES Act funding in response to a lawsuit challenging the legality of how the funds were authorized. Part of this billion-dollar package includes money for the Community Assistance Program, which aids local municipal governments. Tuesday morning, Kodiak came one step closer to receiving additional financial …

The so-called Spanish flu in 1918-1919 killed more than half of adults and Elders in villages across Alaska. Here, two orphans who survived the pandemic are near Bristol Bay. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska State Archives via Kathryn Ringsmuth and the Alaska Packers Association) By PABLO ARAUZ PEÑA (KTOO-JUNEAU) It’s October 1918 in Juneau, and the …

Over the last decade, two massive marine heatwaves, better known as “blobs” swept the North Pacific Ocean, raising surface temperatures more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit causing blooms of toxic algae and major die-offs in the ecosystem. A new study from the University of British Columbia reports that as these heatwaves continue, they may have far …

By SYDNEY AKRIDGE (KAISER HEALTH NEWS) Students in Cheryl Morales’ ethnobotany class at Aaniiih Nakoda College add moisture to the soil to achieve ideal conditions for transplanting. (Photo courtesy Skylar Rispen/Native News) Cheryl Morales started the medicinal garden at the Aaniiih Nakoda College demonstration farm with only four plants: yarrow, echinacea, plantain and licorice root. After …

By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage Alaska’s largest rural airline is scrambling to find a buyer that can keep the company intact as it emerges from bankruptcy, rather than seeing its planes sold off piecemeal through a liquidation process. RavnAir Group flew to more than 100 Alaska communities before shutting down and filing …

By Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO – Juneau Screenshot from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services COVID-19 dashboard, taken on May 28, 2020, showing a spike in confirmed cases in Alaska on May 27. (Data from https://coronavirus-response-alaska-dhss.hub.arcgis.com/) There were 13 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Alaska on Wednesday. That’s the …

Mike Wall presents the Midday Report featuring NPR headlines and local stories on: safety plans for seasonal workers at seafood processors balancing safety with restarting the economy new COVID-19 cases in Alaska how the Alaska tourism industry is adapting Alaska’s fiber optic cable connection to Lower 48 Interim ferry service for Ketchikan and Prince of …