Alaska

'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.

Public school teacher Kelly Mrozik holds in-person class for first graders in Wasilla, Alaska. She is required to wear a mask. Her students are not.

'The Big Experiment': Alaska School District Returns To Classrooms

7:00am October 10, 2020

by Tegan Hanlon

A school district just north of Anchorage, Alaska, has more than 11,000 students in class. While there have been some coronavirus cases, the district says it's been able to deal with them quickly.

The Tongass National Forest, near Ketchikan, Alaska. The Trump Administration is set to remove long-standing protections against logging and development in the forest.

Trump Administration Moves To Expand Development In Alaska's Tongass National Forest

7:08pm September 25, 2020

For the last two years, the administration has been working to lift the rule prohibiting development in the Tongass, the country's largest national forest.

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Powerful Earthquake Strikes Off Alaska Coast; No Reports Of Damage Or Injury

6:17am July 22, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The 7.8 magnitude Aleutian temblor triggered a tsunami warning and evacuations from Homer to Unalaska. However reports nearest the epicenter indicated a wave of less than one foot.

Sam Sterling skis over a crusty layer of snow in the mountains off the Denali Highway in Interior Alaska this month.

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While The Tourists Are Away, Alaskans Will Play

5:01am May 15, 2020

by Nathaniel Herz

Normally Alaskans endure a crush of summer tourists and restricted access to some sites. But in this season of staycations they'll have the run of the place, and are being courted with special deals.

Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska's chief medical officer shown here at a press conference in March, has gotten praise from residents for her approach to dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.

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Chief Medical Officer's Handling Of Coronavirus Inspires Alaskans To #ThinkLikeZink

1:38pm May 09, 2020

by Nathaniel Herz

Dr. Anne Zink works from a yurt 40 miles north of Anchorage. She has the ear of the Republican governor and has helped keep the state's number of COVID-19 deaths the lowest in the nation.

The dental practice where Candace Grenier has worked for two decades shut down in mid-March. That's just before her son, Ryeder, lost his job at an auto body shop.

Dental Hygienist Worries If People Will Get Teeth Cleaned For Fear Of Coronavirus

3:15pm May 06, 2020

by Yuki Noguchi

The Anchorage practice where Candace Grenier has worked for two decades shut down. Even when things reopen, she worries people will forgo dental cleanings out of concern about the coronavirus.

Top: Keziah Therchik (left) and Angel Charles take a selfie before performing Yup'ik dancing in Toksook Bay. Left: Dora Nicholai (in pink) dances at a community center, where portraits of the community's elders hang on a wall. Right: Women show Yup'ik dan

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'We Are Part Of The United States': The 1st People Counted For The 2020 Census

5:12am February 19, 2020

Weeks before the 2020 census rolls out to the rest of the U.S., the head count has already wrapped up in Toksook Bay, a fishing village in southwest Alaska that's home to the Nunakauyarmiut Tribe.

How Warming Winters Are Affecting Everything

6:00pm February 18, 2020

Winters are warming faster than summers in many places, and colder parts of the U.S. are warming faster than hotter ones. The warming winter climate has year-round consequences across the country.