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This Alaskan town is finally getting high-speed internet, thanks to the pandemic

5:00am November 07, 2021

by Greg Kim

Many people in rural areas couldn't migrate their lives online when the pandemic hit because they lacked fast internet. Tribes in Alaska are now using new federal funding to install broadband.

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480 Otis, who is believed to be around 25 years old, emerged from hibernation looking very thin and facing health problems. But he deftly navigated both inter-bear relationships and a salmon-rich river to put on much-needed weight.

Fat Bear Week has a champion: All hail 480 Otis

10:41am October 06, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Who is the fattest bear of all? For the fourth time, the answer is 480 Otis, a brown bear who didn't let his lack of two canine teeth stop him from packing on the pounds.

Easy to see how Bear 128 got into this year's Fat Bear Week 2021 competition.

Fat Bear Week Is Here. Take A Look At What To Expect And How You Can Celebrate

10:12pm September 30, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Only one of Alaska's bears can take home the title of Fat Bear Week 2021 champion.

Front-line caregivers wait in line to receive a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine in December at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska.

Alaska's Largest Hospital Says The Strain Of COVID Is Forcing It To Ration Care

8:27am September 16, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Hospitals in Alaska, Idaho and Nevada are reporting a crush of new coronavirus cases and limited medical staff, forcing some facilities to prioritize resources.

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A Tsunami Warning Has Been Lifted For Parts Of Alaska After An 8.2 Quake

9:38am July 29, 2021

by The Associated Press

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake Wednesday evening was magnitude 8.2 and struck 56 miles east southeast of Perryville, Alaska, off the state's peninsula.

The survivor of a bear attack was rescued from a remote mining camp near Nome, Alaska, by a Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak crew earlier this month.

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Repeatedly Confronted By A Bear, A Man Is Rescued After He Writes 'SOS' On A Shack

2:20pm July 23, 2021

by Dalia Faheid

A man in Alaska, who said that he had been mauled by a bear and that the animal had returned to his camp and harassed him every night for a week, was rescued by the Coast Guard.

"What we want to do is make sure that our fantastic tourist industry, including the cruise ships, including our hospitality in our ancillary businesses, have an opportunity to get back to where they were," Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said

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Alaska Lures Tourists With Its Stunning Landscapes — And Free COVID-19 Vaccines

8:30pm June 02, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Officials hope the added incentive of the vaccine will attract visitors. It's part of an effort to jump start a floundering summer tourism industry that's been devastated by the pandemic.

A syringe containing a dose of a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine sits in a container, during a vaccine clinic at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The state has become the first in the nation to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to any resi

Alaska Opens Vaccines To Everyone Over 16

4:30am March 10, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Governor Mike Dunleavy announced Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines are now available to anyone age 16 and older who lives or works in the state.

Sarah Lind, a nurse with Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp., Southwest Alaska's tribal health care provider, vaccinates James Evan in December. They're standing on the tarmac in the village of Napakiak, where Evan works for YKHC at the clinic.

'We Don't Feel Forgotten At All': Alaska Fires Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

1:10pm January 11, 2021

by Nat Herz

In Alaska, the coronavirus vaccine is heading to tiny villages on small planes and snow machines. The massive undertaking echoes previous efforts to get vaccines to remote corners of the state.

The view beneath the wing of a float plane as it flies over the wetlands, streams and lakes of Bristol Bay, Alaska.

Army Corps of Engineers Denies Permit To Controversial Alaska Gold Mine

5:20pm November 25, 2020

Fishermen and tribes have been fighting the mine proposal for a decade, fearing it would harm the wild sockeye salmon at the heart of the area's economy and culture.