The number of Northern fur seals in the Bering Sea has dropped by around 70% since the 1970s — and researchers haven’t been sure exactly why; the COVID-19 crisis continues at Alaska’s largest hospital, a week after Providence Alaska Medical Center announced it’s begun rationing health care; and more than 50 people have died in commercial aviation accidents in Alaska since 2016.
Hope McKenney is a public radio news director, reporter, producer and host based in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.