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Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska’s chief medical officer, addresses reporters during a Wednesday, March 25, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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‘Not time to be letting our guard down’

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink said the state is expecting to see more cases.

COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)

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First Alaska inmate tests positive for COVID-19 in Mat-Su Valley

Cases also reported in North Pole, Sitka on Sunday

COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)

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Sitka’s first COVID-19 case not included in state’s official Saturday count

Total number of cases rests at 340, while 217 have recovered

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Thursday, April 16, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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State eases restrictions on religious and social gatherings

Two more cases reported Friday for state total of 339

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Monday, April 20, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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State announces protocols for commercial fishermen and charters, loosens some in-state travel restrictions

Two more cases announced Thursday brings state total to 337

Courtesy photo | Sealaska Heritage Institute This original Ravenstail-style design, inspired by traditional designs in use for hundreds of years in Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures, was created by Clarissa Rizal, a master weaver, in 1996. (

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Sealaska Heritage Institute sues Neiman Marcus for “blatant” copyright infringement

The case is the first of its kind in the U.S.

Oil tank train cars sit idle Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in East Chicago, Ind. The world is awash in oil, there’s little demand for it and we’re running out of places to put it. That in a nutshell explains this week’s strange and unprecedented action in the market for crude oil futures contracts, where traders essentially offered to pay someone else to deal with the oil they were due to have delivered next month. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Oil production continues in Alaska even with low prices

Still not free at the gas station.

Peter Segall | Juneau Empire Patrons wait outside a cannabis business in Juneau on Monday.

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Cannabis industry rolls along despite pandemic

It’s not all flower.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a press conference Thursday, March 26, 2020 in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Dunleavy announces first phase of reopening economy

Restaurants, retails and personal care services open at limited capacity.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Tuesday, April 14, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Dunleavy previews plan to reopen Alaska economy

Two new COVID-19 cases announced Monday bring state total to 321

COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)

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Five more COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday

5 new cases brings state total to 319

COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)

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Soldotna reports two more COVID-19 cases

5 new cases brings state total to 314

In this July 20, 2013 file photo, several thousand dipnetters converged onto the mouth of the Kenai River to catch a share of the late run of sockeye salmon headed into the river in Kenai, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file photo/Rashah McChesney)

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State eyes opening more of the economy

Dunleavy says retail sector is next; Crum talks commercial, sport fishing precautions