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The City of St. Paul says 12 people tested positive for COVID-19 so far this week – its largest spike since the start of the pandemic.
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Two people from St. Paul have been charged with killing a toddler who was in their care, according to troopers. Earlier this month, 2-year-old Joshua Rukovishnikoff was medevaced to an Anchorage hospital with a serious head injury, according to a report Wednesday from Alaska State Troopers. He died at the hospital and his remains were sent to the State Medical Examiner for autopsy.
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The council that manages fishing in federal waters voted to link groundfish trawl fishing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to halibut abundance today. The action caps — at least for now — a six-year debate about curbing halibut bycatch in Alaska.
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St. Paul is getting a new police chief this week, about a month after the island’s entire police department resigned over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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The City of St. Paul says two essential workers tested positive for COVID-19 Monday, after flying into the community. The tests were performed at the local health center as part of the city’s travel testing requirements, according to a city statement.
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After weeks of uncertainty, St. Paul city officials announced Thursday that island residents will once again receive the Power Cost Equalization credit on their utility bills.That news comes in light of a Superior Court ruling that favored plaintiffs like the City of St. Paul, the Alaska Federation of Natives and several others who sued Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s Administration in July for allowing the $1 billion endowment to be “swept” into the Constitutional Budget Reserve.
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In resource-constrained environments like rural Alaska, time and education can mean the difference between life and death. In mid-October of 2019 a PenAir…
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A fuel ration on the Pribilof Island of St. Paul ended Tuesday after more than a month and a half of limiting fuel for both residents and fishermen.The…
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St. Paul has implemented a two-week "hunker down" order after officials confirmed the island's first case of COVID-19 Wednesday — more than a year after…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has already disrupted Alaska's winter Bering Sea fishing seasons, closing plants and adding quarantine-related complications for…