Alaska’s lead doctors strongly recommend wearing masks while playing sports, exercising Increased chances of spreading illness as COVID-19 cases climb and sports move indoors OCTOBER 9, 2020 — During a statewide meeting this Monday, doctors from the Alaska and Anchorage health departments strengthened their guidance for wearing masks given rising COVID-19 cases and a […]
This message once came from the grandfather of 5-year-old Ben, who lived near Inverness, Scotland: “Even in winter he will rapidly strip off and often plays in a sleeveless vest while others still have a shirt and woolly jumper on. He appears to be always warm.” Ben, it seemed, had a remarkable tolerance for […]
DHSS today announced one death and 129 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 123 are residents in 23 communities: Anchorage (52), Fairbanks (15), Bethel Census Area (12), Eagle River (6), North Pole (6), Palmer (5), Kenai (3), Utqiaġvik (3), Wasilla (3), Kenai Peninsula Borough North (2), Kodiak (2), Northwest Arctic Borough (2), Yukon Koyukuk Census Area (2) and one each in Cordova, […]
There was a large police presence on McCarrey Street on Wednesday morning as APD responded to a shots-fired report that progressed into a homicide investigation. Police were alerted to the shots-fired incident at 1:20 am on the 200-block of McCarrey and responded to the scene. When they arrived at the apartment complex they found […]