Tag Archives: Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Cory Hughes moved to a remote Alaska village to teach and would happily stay and retire there if he could afford to — despite the dark winters and the fact the bathroom for his housing unit in the school’s kindergarten building has a sink that comes to his knees. But Alaska is the only U.S. state …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Dr. Anne Zink, who was a public face of Alaska’s pandemic response, is resigning as the state’s chief medical officer. Zink plans to continue working full-time in the role until early April, the Anchorage Daily News reported. An email seeking comment was sent to a state health department spokesperson by The Associated Press on Monday, a …

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A “whistling sound” was heard on a previous flight of the Boeing 737 Max 9 whose door plug blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight last month, an attorney representing passengers in a lawsuit said in new court documents. Mark Lindquist is representing 22 passengers of Alaska Airlines flight 1282, which made a harrowing emergency landing …