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Alaska's plateauing trend continues with another 3,830 COVID-19 cases reported over 2 days

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska's surge in COVID-19 cases may be plateauing, but the next week and a half will determine whether that trend continues after weeks of pandemic-high case counts, the state's top health official said this week.

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Sarah Palin says she never had COVID symptoms after testing positive as New York Times defamation trial begins

NEW YORK — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she didn’t experience any COVID-19 symptoms while she had the virus as her libel trial against the New York Times began Thursday.

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Climate change could enable Alaska to grow more of its own food – now is the time to plan for it

Gardeners in Alaska know that it’s hard to grow big, juicy tomatoes here. But as the climate rapidly warms in the far north, that could change.

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Palin to resume court battle with Times after COVID illness

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is due back in a New York City courtroom more than a week after her libel trial against The New York Times was postponed because she tested positive for COVID-19

The Independent UK

Sarah Palin’s New York Times lawsuit: Trial begins over ex-governor’s libel claim

Experts believe Ms Palin faces an “enormously steep uphill battle” to win her libel lawsuit, which was delayed after the former Alaska governor tested positive to Covid

The Independent UK

A surfing god rides The Cradle of Storms – Chris Burkard’s best photograph

‘This is Josh Mulcoy, the godfather of cold-water surfing, catching a wave in Alaska. The place is so windy and wild, it’s known as The Cradle of Storms’

The Guardian - UK

Austin to governors: Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states' Army and Air National Guards to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine or lose their Guard status

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Mark Z. Barabak: Alaska just changed its election system to weed out hard-liners. Maybe other states should too

Alaska is a place both physically and psychically removed from the rest of America, which folks there refer to as "Outside."

Los Angeles Times

Alaska court rules against youths in climate change lawsuit

The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaskans who claimed long-term effects of climate change will devastate Alaska and interfere with their individual constitutional rights

The Independent UK

Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate is again the highest in the nation as hospitalizations tick up

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska reported rising virus hospitalization numbers Friday and the highest case rate in the nation as the omicron variant continues to snarl staffing at health care facilities that have had to adapt to the ups and downs of the pandemic.

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‘Typhoid Mary having linguini’: Jimmy Kimmel mocks Sarah Palin for dining in NYC after positive Covid test

Former Alaska governor was spotted eating indoors, despite not being vaccinated, then allegedly visited a restaurant while Covid positive

The Independent UK

Birds are remarkable and beautiful animals – and they’re disappearing from our world

In the past half century, North America has lost a fourth of its birds. Earth is now a coalmine, and every wild bird is a canary

The Guardian - US

Sarah Palin dines out again in New York just days after positive Covid test

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was spotted dining out at a New York City restaurant, two days after testing positive for the coronavirus

The Independent UK

Palin dines out again in NYC days after positive virus test

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was spotted dining out at a New York City restaurant, two days after testing positive for the coronavirus

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 7

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Republican Edition

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Sarah Palin dodges questions about dining at a New York restaurant after testing positive for Covid

Former Alaska governor filmed leaving Elio’s on Wednesday night

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How Alaska's unique new election system works

Alaska elections will be held for the first time this year under a voter-backed system that scraps party primaries and uses ranked choice voting in general elections

Tribune News Service

Sarah Palin tests positive for COVID on first day of New York Times defamation trial

NEW YORK — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tested positive for coronavirus just as jury selection got underway Monday in her defamation trial against the New York Times.

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The Independent UK

Unvaccinated Sarah Palin tests positive for Covid, delaying New York Times defamation trial

Former Alaska governor recently proclaimed ‘over my dead body’ will she be vaccinated against Covid-19

The Guardian - US

White House says Biden ‘refining plans for all scenarios’ over Ukraine-Russia – as it happened

President to hold video call with European leaders over escalating crisis – follow all the day’s politics news

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VIDEO: Bearing Up: Brown Bear Wakes Up Early From Winter Sleep And Takes Stroll In The Snow

An Alaskan bear takes a break from his winter hibernation to check out his surroundings.

Tribune News Service

Alaskan borough mayor to run for governor, posing new GOP challenge to Dunleavy

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce will run in this year’s gubernatorial election, making him the second high-profile Republican challenger to incumbent GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy and further complicating the dynamics of the first campaign under Alaska’s new election system.

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Omicron peak in Alaska could be a few weeks away as new COVID-19 case numbers continue to shatter records

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — As new cases reported Friday in Alaska again shattered previous records, state health officials say the latest COVID-19 surge, driven by the highly contagious omicron variant, could peak within just a few weeks, based on trends they’re seeing in other states.

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U.S. Supreme Court wraps up its January sitting

Welcome to the Friday, January 21, Brew.

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Alaska Supreme Court upholds elections ballot measure, state will use ranked-choice voting

The Alaska Supreme Court this week upheld the constitutionality of a new voter-approved elections system, ending the last legal challenge against it.

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