Operation Santa recipient communities are identified by the state as communities that have experienced particular hardship that year.
Alaska coronavirus news
Live updates and information on COVID-19 in Juneau and Alaska
New report details problems with Lemon Creek Correctional Center’s response to COVID-19
Overall, the state’s ombudsman says the state corrections department was responsive and has updated its COVID-19 protocols several times during the pandemic.
The Year in KTOO News: COVID’s second year in Juneau
The vaccine did bring some hope to early 2021, but while the virus was being knocked back a bit, the damage the pandemic brought to society was already done.
Alaska’s second omicron case detected in Anchorage resident who traveled recently
Officials said the person was an Anchorage resident who had traveled domestically out of state earlier this month and is currently isolating with mild illness.
COVID testing at Alaska airports to end after Jan. 31
Since June of 2020, the state health department estimates that airport tests have detected more than 6,000 people with COVID-19.
FDA authorizes 1st antiviral pill for COVID
The Pfizer treatment could help keep people infected with the coronavirus from getting so sick that they need to be hospitalized.