ANCHORAGE – Testing of employees at the Copper River Seafoods’ (CRS) Anchorage processing plant from July 17 to 22, 2020 found 56 of 134 employees tested positive for COVID-19. Thirty employee test results are pending, and 14 employees are untested. Almost all employees are Municipality of Anchorage residents. Employees with positive test results are being notified […]
DHSS Friday announced 65 new people with COVID-19 in Alaska. 59 are residents in 14 communities: Anchorage (33), Seward (6), Fairbanks (5), Ketchikan (4), Juneau (2) and one each in Bethel Census Area, Cordova, Kenai, Nome Census Area, North Pole, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Wasilla, the Yakutat/Hoonah-Angoon boroughs combined and the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. Six […]
Alaska education leaders, state officials detail preparations for new school year ANCHORAGE – The House Education Committee today heard testimony from Alaska education leaders and state officials on the challenges ahead for schools preparing to safely teach 130,000 students amid a global pandemic. “These are unprecedented times, and Alaska’s families, children, teachers, school districts, and Department […]
DHSS Thursday announced 68 new people with COVID-19 in Alaska. 65 are residents in 13 communities: Anchorage (29), Fairbanks (11), Wasilla (6), Valdez-Cordova Census Area (4), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (4), North Pole (3), Chugiak (2) and one each in Big Lake, Girdwood, Kenai Peninsula Borough South, NW Arctic Borough, Palmer and SE Fairbanks Census […]