Coronavirus

The three-day event had been scheduled for Oct. 21-23 in Anchorage. However, AFN President Julie Kitka said in a statement Tuesday, “the high-risk factors of holding a 5,000-person indoor meeting, with delegates coming in from across Alaska, make an in-person October gathering out of the question.”

In a release, Maniilaq officials said 30 residents tested positive on Monday, with another 14 testing positive Tuesday. The village is on high alert, with officials describing the situation as “widespread community transmission.”

The city of Kotzebue is instituting two new health mandates to curb the spread of COVID-19, starting Monday. City attorney Joe Evans laid out the new mandate for passengers flying into Kotzebue.

With the coronavirus making an in-person convention unsafe, the state’s largest annual gathering of Indigenous people came together virtually.

The annual meeting seeks to strengthen bonds between the oldest and youngest generations of Indigenous people.

All three of the schools in Kotzebue, and three Northwest Arctic village schools, will need to conduct school remotely.

The village tribal president says the individual and their family are in medical isolation, and the local school will be entirely remote.

With fall sports canceled in the Northwest Arctic Borough School District, officials say they’re moving to get students involved in the emerging realm of competitive eSports.

With these 10 new cases, there have now been 60 positive cases of COVID-19 in the Maniilaq service area.

In a statement made June 30 the air carrier says that passengers who repeatedly refuse to wear a mask on a flight will be issued a warning in the form of a yellow card.