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What do the data show about police shootings and use of force in Alaska, and how often it’s used on black and Alaska Native people? What policies govern use of force by the police? What do we know about how officers are disciplined for violating those policies? And does the ethnic makeup of Alaska law enforcement agencies mirror the communities they police?

While the Kenai transforms into a tourism and fishing hub during the summer, officials there don’t blame the high case rate on any particular factor.

More than 100 people protested Friday outside a Ketchikan flower shop that reportedly refused to sell flowers for a same-sex wedding.

The nonprofit carbon offset program paying for some conversions had plans to scale up this summer by marketing to climate-conscious tourists. Those plans will be shelved until 2021.

The virtual Celebration features a four-day live broadcast with recorded performances from 2018 and new videos submitted by past participants.  

While a few positive tests have been recorded in rural Alaska, infections have been mostly concentrated in more urban parts of the state.