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The Alaska Municipal League is predicting the COVID-19 pandemic will incur between 200 and 250 million dollars in expenditures by local governments. AML calculated another 200 to 250 million dollar impact to municipal revenues, with the loss of tourism and other impacted industries. Federal money from the two trillion dollar CARES Act, passed last month, …

On Tuesday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced that restaurants and certain businesses can begin to reopen on Friday, provided they follow certain guidelines. All businesses that reopen will have to stay below 25 percent of their operating capacity. Restaurants will have to use a reservation system to accommodated dine-in customers. Retail stores reopening must provide hand …

**Mandato de salud 014 – Orden de Alberge no Congregado** Emitido: 13 de abril de 2020 Por: Gobernador Mike Dunleavy Comisionado Adam Crum, Departamento de Salud y Servicios Sociales de Alaska Dra. Anne Zink, Directora Médica, Estado de Alaska Para evitar la propagación de la enfermedad por Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), el estado de …

GCI announced Thursday that Kodiak’s first confirmed case of COVID-19 is an employee at its retail store. “We are reaching out to our Kodiak customers so that you have the information you need to make the best decisions for your health and safety,”Paul Landes, GCI senior vice president of consumer services, wrote in an email …

Kodiak’s hospital and medical clinics have ramped up testing for COVID-19 in the last week, after the first rapid-testing machines arrived on island last Wednesday. About 100 test kits came along with the first set of machines, and since then they’ve scaled up, according to Dr. Curtis Mortenson at Kodiak Community Health Center. “A week …

Kodiak Island Borough School District is into its third week of full-time distance learning classes after the state closed K-12 schools through the end of the school year. Kerry Irons, principal at North Star Elementary says that one of the toughest parts of educating children remotely is making sure they still feel connected to a …

Kodiak’s jail has changed some of its procedures and added precautionary measures to protect inmates and staff from potentially contracting COVID-19. Following Alaska Department of Corrections guidelines, the jail suspended in-person visits last month. Police Chief Tim Putney said staff are monitoring temperatures for inmates who show symptoms or say they are feeling ill, and …

This year artists working within the orbit of the unstable category "roots music" got personal even as they explored complex cultural lineages and challenged the rules of established scenes and forms.

** COVID-19 HEALTH MANDATE** Issued: April 9, 2020 By: Governor Mike Dunleavy ~ Commissioner Adam Crut~laska Department of Health and Social Services Dr. Anne Zink~iefMedical Officer, State of Alaska To prevent the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the State of Alaska is issuing its thirteenth health mandate based on its authority under the Public …

Gov. Katie Hobbs plans to sign the repeal of the law that bans nearly all abortions — keeping the state's 15-weeks-of-pregnancy ban in place. But it's unclear when the repeal takes effect