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Firefighter medic Andy Tighe snaps a photo of the breakaway plus-class cruise ship Norwegian Bliss while Captain Tracy Mettler operates a fireboat in the Tongass Narrows in Ketchikan, Alaska, on June 4, 2018. President Joe Biden signed into law Monday, May 24, 2021, legislation that opens a door for resumed cruise ship travel to Alaska after the pandemic last year scrapped sailings. (Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
Biden signs bill opening door for Alaska cruises to resume

By Becky Bohrer May. 24, 2021 07:22 PM EDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, May 30, 2018, a sail boat maneuvers near a large cruise ship near Juneau, Alaska. Congress has voted to let large cruise ships sail directly from Washington state to Alaska without stopping in Canada, a step that could clear the way for cruises later this year. The legislation approved by the House on Thursday, May 20, 2021 goes to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, file)
Legislation raises hopes for Alaskan cruises this summer

By David Koenig May. 20, 2021 07:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2014, file photo, a cruise ship passenger takes photos of Alaska's Inside Passage. The Canadian government has extended a ban on cruise ships through February 2022, which is expected to block trips from visiting Alaska this year. Transport Canada announced the extension of the ban put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Kathy Matheson, File)
Canada blocks cruise ships for a year, ending Alaska trips

Feb. 05, 2021 09:46 AM EST

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, speaks on the House floor on opening day of the 117th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)
Rep. Young calls for bipartisanship while giving Pelosi oath

Jan. 05, 2021 10:40 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019 file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. Top prosecutors in the vast majority of Arizona counties are dropping all existing possession of marijuana cases even before a new voter-approved law eliminating criminal penalties for having small amounts of the drug takes effect when results of the Nov. 3, 2020 election are certified. An Associated Press survey of county attorneys received responses from 13 of 15 elected county attorneys, all of whom said they were either immediately dropping existing cases or in one case pausing prosecutions and planning to drop them when Proposition 207 goes into effect. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

By Matthew Daly Dec. 04, 2020 01:14 PM EST

In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator, says he is quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus. Grassley is 87. He did not say how he was exposed. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
Sen. Grassley returns to Senate after coronavirus isolation

By Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 30, 2020 02:45 PM EST

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., left, Republican candidates for U.S. Senate Sen. Kelly Loeffler, center, and Sen. David Perdue wave to a crowd during a campaign rally on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Florida's Sen. Scott has coronavirus, 'very mild symptoms'

By Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 20, 2020 10:34 AM EST

In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator, says he is quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus. Grassley is 87. He did not say how he was exposed. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
Sen. Grassley, 87, says he tested positive for coronavirus

By Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 18, 2020 12:22 AM EST

The office of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the president pro tempore of the Senate, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator, says he is quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus. Grassley is 87. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. Grassley, 87, says he tested positive for coronavirus

By Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 17, 2020 10:43 AM EST

Alaska House member says virus serious after hospitalization

Nov. 16, 2020 04:54 PM EST
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Rep. Don Young said he was hospitalized over the weekend after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and is now recovering at home in Alaska...

In this Aug. 26, 2020, photo, U.S. Rep. Don Young, an Alaska Republican, speaks during a ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska, celebrating the opening of a Lady Justice Task Force cold case office which will specialize in cases involving missing or murdered Indigenous women. Young announced Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, on Twitter that he has tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Alaska's sole member in US House tests positive for COVID-19

By Mark Thiessen Nov. 12, 2020 04:54 PM EST

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus feed pigeons on a street in Goyang, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
The Latest: NZealand mulls masks on Auckland public transit

By The Associated Press Nov. 12, 2020 02:55 AM EST

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, gathers with supporters Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
Wait is on in Alaska Senate race as ballot count continues

By Becky Bohrer Nov. 04, 2020 04:47 PM EST

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, an Alaska Republican seeking reelection, waves a sign at a busy intersection Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Anchorage, Alaska. Sullivan on Nov. 3, 2020, election faces Dr. Al Gross, an independent who won the Alaska Democratic primary. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Campaigns make last push for votes in Alaska before election

By Becky Bohrer Nov. 02, 2020 07:19 PM EST

FILE - In this June 14, 2020, file photo 5th Congressional District Republican candidate Bob Good leaves Lynchburg's Tree of Life Ministries, in Lynchburg, Va. Good is running against Democrat Cameron Webb. (Amy Friedenberger/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)
Dems, GOP stretch for hard-to-get districts in House races

By Alan Fram And Sarah Rankin Oct. 14, 2020 12:14 AM EDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a weekly news conference, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Pelosi out to block Trump if disputed election ends in House

By Lisa Mascaro Oct. 07, 2020 01:35 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2018, file photo, U.S. Rep. Don Young is shown prior to a debate in Anchorage, Alaska. Rep. Young, the longest serving Republican in House history, faces token opposition in the Alaska GOP Primary on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Young, Alaska's sole member in the House, was first elected in 1973. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
Young, Galvin getting rematch for US House seat

By Mark Thiessen Aug. 18, 2020 09:12 AM EDT

Paul Falcon unloads a custom made "Priority Mail" box that organizers said contained two million signed petitions from postal customers asking Congress to approve emergency funding for the Postal Service, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Postal Service employees and supporters are urging Congress to to invest $25 billion to help the public Postal Service "weather the pandemic and the deep recession." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Mail-in ballots thrust Postal Service into presidential race

By Will Weissert Jun. 25, 2020 12:42 AM EDT

Postal workers wear masks and gloves during the coronavirus pandemic as they physically distance from each other at the United States Postal Service processing and distribution center on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
House rescue package includes $25 billion for Postal Service

By Matthew Daly May. 12, 2020 03:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, March 12, 2020 file photo, Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska's chief medical officer, addresses reporters at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Zink, has become the explainer-in-chief for Alaskans during the coronavirus outbreak, a regular at news conferences who has become known for providing information in a straight-forward, easy-to-understand manner. She’s gotten praise from residents for her approach and inspired a poem from a Juneau city official. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
Alaska medical officer earns praise for coronavirus approach

By Becky Bohrer Apr. 05, 2020 10:08 PM EDT