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Monthly Archives: April, 2020

COVID update: 4 new cases

Four more cases of COVID-19 coronavirus cases were diagnosed in the daily count ending midnight Sunday. The total number of cases statewide has been...

BP confirms intent to sell Alaska interests to Hilcorp

TERMS OF DEAL HAVE CHANGED DUE TO MARKET VOLATILITY On Sunday evening, BP issued a press release confirming its commitment to complete the sale of...

COVID-19 update: 2 cases, one in Goose Creek prison

A person who contracted COVID-19 coronavirus at a longterm care facility in Sitka was one of two Alaskans diagnosed with the illness through in...

Too much of a good thing? AmmoCan Coffee drenched in hand sanitizer donations

PILOT FLIES IN SUPPLY FROM EAGLE RIVER When it rains, it pours hand sanitizer. After the Must Read Alaska story about one business' struggle to cope...

These books are not banned, they’re just not required reading now in the Mat-Su

WHAT SCHOOL BOARD SAID IS 'NOT SAFE FOR WORK' OR CLASSROOM Trigger warning: The following passage of American literature that was recently part of required...

COVID-19 update: Zero cases

In the 24 hours that ended Friday night, no cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were diagnosed in Alaska. However, on Saturday Sitka Borough officials announced...

State lifts restaurant entryway hand sanitizer health mandate

On Saturday, the Department of Health and Social Services revised Health Attachment F of Mandate 16, which decreed that either hand sanitizer or hand-washing...

Legislative leaders trying to get hands on CARES Act $$

The State of Alaska received two disbursements from the federal government this week, with instructions to get it out quickly, fairly, and as equitably...

How government mandates have brought one Alaska business to brink of disaster

AND WHAT READERS CAN DO TO HELP Jason Floyd was living his dream in Soldotna. After being laid off during budget cuts by the University...

Mandates leave one Alaskan confused over lap-dance rule

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has been hosting live press conferences at 5 pm Monday through Friday to update Alaskans on the progress his administration is...

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