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Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 13, 2021 Pharmacists Trish White and Katelyn Ylitalo oversee a vaccination clinic at the Sitka Firehall. Ylitalo says that there is Moderna vaccine available for those who don’t want the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but about half of the people who have registered for the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine are going to “wait it out” until the national pause is over. (KCAW photo/Berett Wilber) Local health officials in Sitka are complying with national recommendations to pause the administration of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and the US Food and Drug Administration issued the advice this morning (Tuesday 4-13-21), “out of an abundance of caution” after 6 cases of a very rare form of blood clot disorder were identified among the nearly 7-million Americans who had received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Six more Sitkans test positive for COVID-19 kcaw.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kcaw.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Print article Wind blows over Jeff King's resting dog team between Ambler and Shungnak during the Kobuk 440 Sled Dog Race on April 4, 2021. (Robin Gage photo) After he lost the race trail, Jeff King stopped his dog team and draped his sleeping bag over his head to block the battering wind and blowing snow. He was somewhere between the villages of Ambler and Shungnak in Alaska’s Arctic northwest competing in the Kobuk 440 Sled Dog Race. Conditions ranged from howling to furious. The last few hours took exhaustive effort to move straight into fierce headwind. So when King stopped seeing trail markers, he thought better than to guess about how to correct his course.
Ryan Redington declared victor in ‘brutal’ Kobuk 440 as the only musher to complete the course , The Arctic Sounder Share on Facebook Print article In what Kobuk 440 competitors and organizers say was an unimaginably tough race as mushers battled storm after storm and “zero” visibility, one musher was not only the winner but had the only team to complete the entire course from Kotzebue to Kobuk and back. The 38-year-old winner from Knik, the grandson of Iditarod founder Joe Redington Sr., finished in 48 hours, 48 minutes. Ryan Redington also won the Kobuk 440 in 2019 and said he encouraged other mushers to try the race in the future during a livestreamed award ceremony Tuesday night in Kotzebue.
Kobuk 440 rerouted after snow and extreme winds pause race Share on Facebook Print article The Kobuk 440 Sled Dog Race in Northwest Alaska resumed Monday after dangerous weather paused the race on Sunday and organizers rerouted the course. The conditions caused two veteran mushers, Jeff King of Denali and Nic Petit of Girdwood, to activate their distress signals. Both were withdrawn from the race. “This feels like the most difficult 440 that we’ve ever had, weather-wise,” said Paul Hansen, president of the race. The race was originally set to kick off Thursday in Kotzebue, but many mushers had difficulties reaching the town due to heavy winds, fog and frigid weather, Hansen said. The start was pushed to Friday.
After four overdoses on the island in the fall of 2019, one of which was fatal, investigators found a shipment of various drugs at a suspected dealer's home in Unalaska, which the dealer later said came from Ellingsworth and a man named Michael Hindman. Credit Berett Wilber/KUCB
Federal inmate Chopper Ellingsworth was pronounced dead at the Anchorage Correctional Complex last week, according to a statement from the Alaska Department of Corrections. His death is the second death to take place in DOC custody this year.
Ellingsworth hadn't been sentenced, but had been in custody since November of 2019. He was charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances.
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Credit Berett Wilber/KUCB City officials eased some of the island's health mandates designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Wednesday, just as Unalaska approaches its one-year anniversary of life under a local state of emergency. The City Council eliminated the size restrictions on indoor public gatherings in a unanimous vote at a special noon meeting. The move was in light of the city lowering its coronavirus risk level to "medium" Monday, following two weeks without a new case stemming from community spread and a decrease in the overall number of active cases. At the meeting, City Councilor Dave Gregory urged Unalaskans to remain vigilant and continue to follow local and state health guidance.
'Mail For Morale:' Letter-Writing Project Commemorates WWII Aleutian Campaign Veterans kucb.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kucb.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Credit Berett Wilber/KUCB Unalaska officials have reduced the number of days travelers to the island must quarantine upon arrival. Updated federal guidance recommends incoming travelers quarantine for at least a week with a negative COVID-19 test taken no sooner than their sixth day. "Local health professionals now really do support aligning with the guidance that's provided by the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] as well as the state," Unalaska City Manager Erin Reinders told the City Council on Tuesday. The quarantine period is extended to 10 days if no test is taken. That supersedes Unalaska's previous requirement that incoming travelers quarantine for a full two weeks upon arrival. It excludes those who have tested positive in the past three months or have been fully vaccinated at least two weeks before traveling.