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Unalaska's COVID-19 Count Rises To Nine, As Another Processor Tests Positive For The Virus

City officials announced Thursday that another person in Unalaska tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of positive local cases to nine. The individual who tested positive is an employee of Icicle Seafoods and has been in quarantine since arriving on the island June 25. The positive case adds to seven previous local cases already confirmed among employees at the seafood company, whose sole plant in Unalaska is a floating processing ship called the Northern Victor. The worker...

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Sand Point Loses Half Of Police Force And Head Of Public Works

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Unalaska's PCR To Host Modified Fourth Of July Parade Highlighting Unalaskan Pride

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Quarantine Kitchen Part One: Keeping Your Cool With Sharon Svarny-Livingston

Since mid-March, Unalaskans have been hunkering down and socially isolating due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During that time—and even now as the State of Alaska reopens—many people have been avoiding crowds and public spaces such as bars, restaurants, and supermarkets, and spending more time in their own kitchens. Over the past couple months, I spoke with a few locals to see what kind of experiments, recipes, and memories they’ve been cooking up during the pandemic. In April, I sat down with...

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Unalaska's PCR Kicks Off Summer Races with Virtual Summer Solstice Run

Sport Fishing Report: June 29, 2020

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France's Louvre Reopens Most Of The Museum — Sans Big Crowds

By Rebecca Rosman • 56 minutes ago

France's Louvre Museum reopened on Monday after closing in March due to the coronavirus. But things are far from business as usual.

The world's most visited museum has implemented new measures, including a mask requirement and an online-only reservation system to protect art-lovers from the virus.

One unintended consequence of these restrictions has been an experience devoid of the usual crowds of tourists, which normally reach up to 50,000 people a day.

'We Need Help': People At Higher Coronavirus Risk Fear Losing Federal Unemployment

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Many people with underlying medical conditions are worried about what's going to happen at the end of the month. It's not currently safe for many of them to go back to work. The COVID-19 death rate is 12 times higher for people with underlying conditions.

But an extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits, which has been enabling them to pay their rent and other bills, will stop coming at the end of July.

Frederick Douglass Statue Torn Down On Anniversary Of Famous Speech

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A statue of Frederick Douglass, installed in 2018 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolitionist's birth, was ripped from its pedestal in Rochester, N.Y., on Sunday — the 168th anniversary of one of Douglass' most famous speeches.