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Groups petition for southeast Alaska wolf protections
Conservation groups asked the federal government Wednesday to provide Endangered Species Act protections to a southeast Alaska wolf population they say is under threat from factors including the loss of habitat and hunting and trapping.
Alaska teams with center to quickly train contact tracer
Alaska Health Department officials are partnering with the UAA Center for Rural Health and Workforce to quickly train 500 contact tracers needed to help limit coronavirus outbreaks.
Seward votes to raze site where first Alaska flag was sewn
A neglected site where the Alaska territorial flag was designed, sewn and first flown will be demolished despite last-minute efforts by Alaskans and a preservation group to save it.
Schools or bars? Opening classrooms may mean hard choices
President Donald Trump insists that schools reopen this fall. Many parents, educators, doctors and economists want the same thing. But getting children back to school safely could mean keeping high-risk spots like bars and gyms closed.
Valdez mandates face coverings
The city of Valdez has mandated the use of face coverings in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Parents sue after Juneau officer fatally shoots son
The parents of a man who died after being shot by a Juneau police officer in December sued the officer, city and others, alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations.
3 injured when boat, humpback whale collide
Three people on a recreational boat were injured, one seriously, after it collided with a humpback whale outside Auke Bay, north of Juneau.
Anchorage names businesses visited by customers with virus
The Anchorage Department of Health released a list of businesses where people who later tested positive for COVID-19 spent extended periods of time.
Judge: Alaska corporations can get tribal virus relief money
Alaska Native corporations are eligible for a share of coronavirus relief funding set aside for tribes, a federal judge ruled in a case that has been closely watched around Indian Country.
More fragments from 1952 crash found in glacier
A lucky Buddha figurine, a flight suit and several 3-cent stamps were among the items recovered this month from Alaska’s Colony Glacier, where an annual somber search continues for human remains and debris after a military plane crashed 67 years ago.
