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04/04/20 05:00 AM
Oil price collapse foreshadows huge deficits before PFD payments
What little financial wiggle room Alaska had to start the year has been squeezed out of the state's fiscal picture and then some, according to the Legislature's top budget analyst.

04/01/20 09:19 AM
Alaska state departments freeze fees, streamlines unemployment requirements
Through the state’s extreme restrictions, which include social distancing and an order that effectively shuts all non-essential businesses, “we are actually buying ourselves more time to stand up our health care system,” Gov. Dunleavy said.

03/28/20 04:18 PM
Updated: Body of 5-year-old boy who went missing after hike near Ketchikan found
Updated 7:15 p.m: At approximately 2:45 p.m. Saturday, ground searchers located Jaxson deceased and recovered his remains. Next of kin has been notified. AST would like to thank its partner agencies as well as the volunteer search and rescue personnel.

03/25/20 05:00 AM
Tanana Chiefs Conference sends out emergency funds
In addition, Tanana Chiefs is issuing guidelines to the health aides it has stationed in almost all of the villages.

03/25/20 05:00 AM
Villages across Alaska go on lockdown
The Akiak Native Community Tribal Council held an emergency meeting Friday and decided to implement a number of cautionary measures, which took effect Monday.

03/25/20 05:00 AM
Governor responds to requests for stricter coronavirus mandates
New cases are reported every day. In Fairbanks, health care providers and local governments are ringing alarm bells calling for more urgent action from the state.

03/24/20 09:07 AM
Alaska Airlines is cutting 200 flights a day, parking 30 jets, as coronavirus reduces air travel
The head of flight operations at Alaska Airlines told his pilots late Sunday that the carrier will cut 200 flights per day through March, out of roughly 1,300 a day in normal times. And in the next few days, Alaska…

03/23/20 02:45 PM
18-year-old charged with murder in death of 10-year-old Quinhagak girl
Alaska State Troopers have charged an 18-year-old Quinhagak man with murder and sexual assault in the death of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found in the village dump last week.

03/22/20 05:00 AM
Legislative Schedule Update: March 22-27, 2020
To support ongoing public health efforts, the Alaska State Legislature is taking the proactive step of closing the Capitol Building in Juneau as well as ALL Legislative Information Offices across the state to public in-person traffic. Assistance will only be…

03/19/20 01:17 PM
Spring starts today with the vernal equinox. What does that mean?
When Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow on Groundhog Day this year, it meant we could expect an early spring.

03/19/20 12:21 PM
ConocoPhillips, Oil Search cutting Alaska spending by $270M
ConocoPhillips and Oil Search announced early Wednesday that they will be scaling back their North Slope operations in response to the collapsed global oil market.

03/18/20 11:08 AM
US-Canada border to close for non-essential travel, but workers can cross
The United States and Canada will temporarily suspend all non-essential travel between the two countries in the coming days as both try to slow the spread of coronavirus.

03/17/20 05:46 PM
Third Fairbanks COVID-19 case announced, along with Ketchikan, Anchorage; Dunleavy announces bar, dining closures
Three cases have been confirmed in Fairbanks, two in Anchorage, and one in Ketchikan. All six cases have been classified as travel-related.

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