COVID-19 cases rise again in the Mat-Su, but so do vaccinations
After a week of slower growth in COVID-19 cases, Alaska’s numbers are on the rise again, with just under a thousand cases reported Wednesday. That includes almost 200 in the
After a week of slower growth in COVID-19 cases, Alaska’s numbers are on the rise again, with just under a thousand cases reported Wednesday. That includes almost 200 in the Mat-Su, which was second only to Anchorage in terms of new reports of COVID-19.
The state’s hospital system remains strained as well, with only about twenty adult intensive care beds available statewide. About eighty percent of the total beds are occupied in state hospitals. Across Alaska, about one in five people in the hospital have COVID-19, but in the Mat-Su the percentage is more than double that.
Vaccination rates in the borough are beginning to rise again after a long plateau through the summer. As of Thursday, just over forty-seven percent of eligible Mat-Su residents have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, about 250 hospitalizations and eighty-three deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 in the Mat-Su.
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Talkeetna Community Council, Inc. Board election results are in
According to election results, community members voted Kai Leddy, Eric Lundgren, Sue Deyoe, and Keith Reimink onto the board Tuesday, November 3
Local district, statewide, and Matanuska-Susitna Borough election results
Because elections are not yet certified, these results remain unofficial and subject to change.
What to know as you head into the polls on Election Day
Community members can vote until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3rd.
Six Minute Science 10-31-26, Episode 58 - Aurora Citizen Science
This week's episode is about a citizen science project to study geomagnetic storms. Dr. Dogacan Ozturk from the UAF Geophysical Institute shares why studying the earth's magnetic field is important and how citizens can participate in this important research.