Alaska state officials said they’re expecting about 35,100 doses of a vaccine from drugmaker Pfizer and BioNTech. It would receive about half that many of a separate vaccine from drug company Moderna.
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Metlakatla man charged with first-degree murder after allegedly killing neighbor
William Taylor faces criminal charges including first-degree murder after allegedly knifing his neighbor, Edward “Buddy” Starrish. Prosecutors say he’s admitted the crime.
Rain lets up in Ketchikan and evacuations are canceled as water levels pose no immediate danger
Officials lifted the voluntary evacuation Sunday morning. While they warned of minor street flooding, they said there was no immediate danger of dam failure.
Wind, rain batter Southeast Alaska as Craig officials warn against travel on landslide-prone road
Port St. Nicholas Road in Craig has seen at least four slides since late October.
What tourism bubbles could look like in Southeast Alaska port communities
A consultant framed geographic bubbles as a possibility. You take a map, draw a line and seal a section of town off from the rest of the community. To get in or out, workers would need to go through the same precautions as cruise ship passengers — testing, temperature checks and so on.
Scientists hope new Southeast air quality monitors will provide insight on impact of ship exhaust
Scientists hope new air monitors in Southeast port communities will provide some hard data on air pollution from cruise ships.