Yearly Archives: 2020

Breaking: Two COVID-19 cases in Fairbanks

Suzanne Downing - March 16, 2020 0

According to the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Foundation, two people in the Fairbanks area have tested positive for COVID-19. Sources in the Governor's Office confirmed...

COVID update 10: Governor closes state libraries, museums, boarding schools

Suzanne Downing - March 16, 2020 10

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed for $4 million in state funds for the Department of Health and Social Services, along with open-ended authority for the...

COVID update 9: Coast Guard Auxiliary stands down; a pause on elective surgery

Suzanne Downing - March 16, 2020 3

TRUMP: STUDENTS SHOULD STAY HOME, ALL SHOULD AVOID DISCRETIONARY TRAVEL The U.S. Coast Guard's Seventeenth District has asked its auxiliary to suspend activity in preparation...

COVID update 8: Berkowitz shuts restaurants, bars; Canada closes border

Suzanne Downing - March 16, 2020 16

BERKOWITZ' SECOND STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ONE YEAR Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has signed an emergency order shutting down restaurants for dine-in service. Breweries, bars, and...

I went through LAX International Terminal; what I saw was not reassuring

Suzanne Downing - March 16, 2020 13

I made a trip to Central Mexico last week to visit "El Viejo," my aging father, who has lived in Mexico longer than anyplace...

COVID update 7: State issues travel guidelines, Fairbanks borough facilities shut down

Suzanne Downing - March 15, 2020 13

This is seventh in the series of COVID-19 updates. For past updates, click on the All Stories tab. Dr. Anne Zink, chief medical officer for...

District 15 leaders say LeDoux broke the faith

Suzanne Downing - March 15, 2020 11

'SAD DAY FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 15, BUT NOT AN UNEXPECTED ONE' Republican leaders in House District 15 say the 18 charges of voter misconduct and...

Keep Dunleavy group suspends activity due to national emergency

Suzanne Downing - March 15, 2020 2

MEANWHILE, THE RECALLERS ARE OUT IN FORCE, WITH PENS The chairwoman of the Keep Dunleavy Committee today advised supporters that the group is suspending all...

Rep. LeDoux says the charges against her are ‘FAKE NEWS’

Suzanne Downing - March 15, 2020 6

On Friday, Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux learned of charges from the Department of Law, accusing her and her former aide, and her former aide's son,...

Mat-Su Borough: No official emergency for now

Suzanne Downing - March 15, 2020 4

Mat-Su Borough Mayor Vern Halter announced all official public meetings and nonessential services and facilities will be shut down for one month, as a...

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