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20 COVID-19 cases linked to Alaska wrestling tournament
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 7, 2021 at 6:27 pm EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska A COVID-19 outbreak at a high school wrestling tournament held in April is linked to more than 20 infections in five communities across southeast Alaska, according to health officials.
Ketchikan High School hosted the regional wrestling tournament, an annual event that this year attracted athletes from seven different schools, Anchorage Daily News reported.
Officials from the regional school activities association issued a warning to the school last week on accusations of failing to test competitors and enforce mask orders at the event as is required by the region’s mitigation policies.
May 07, 2021 - 4:04 PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A COVID-19 outbreak at a high school wrestling tournament held in April is linked to more than 20 infections in five communities across southeast Alaska, according to health officials.
Ketchikan High School hosted the regional wrestling tournament, an annual event that this year attracted athletes from seven different schools, Anchorage Daily News reported.
Officials from the regional school activities association issued a warning to the school last week on accusations of failing to test competitors and enforce mask orders at the event as is required by the regionâs mitigation policies.
By Thursday, at least 11 students, two staff members and five other residents in the surrounding community tested positive for COVID-19 as part of the school outbreak. Contact tracing showed that at least five people who attended the wrestling tournament were infected with the virus at the time, according to Kacie Paxton, spokesperson
Outbreak tied to Ketchikan wrestling tournament involves over 20 cases across 5 Southeast communities
Print article A COVID-19 outbreak associated with a high school regional wrestling tournament held in Ketchikan in late April has now been linked to more than 20 coronavirus cases in five Southeast communities, health officials said this week. The tournament, which attracted athletes from seven schools around Southeast Alaska, was hosted by Ketchikan High School. Officials from Region 5, which represents Alaska School Activities Association schools in the area, issued a warning to Ketchikan High School for allegedly failing to test wrestlers or enforce mask wearing at the event both of which are required under the region’s mitigation policies.
Challenged by loss of cruise ship revenue, Assembly to approve budget
Posted by Maria Dudzak | Apr 30, 2021
Next year’s budgets will be the focus of the Ketchikan’s Borough Assembly meeting Monday night. The borough has been grappling for months on how to prepare a balanced budget given the loss of two cruise ship seasons.
With the unlikelihood of any large cruise ships coming to Ketchikan this year, borough staff are proposing a conservative $55.6 million budget that relies on the use of cash reserves to fund services at their current levels. There are no cost-of-living increases, and non-essential travel is eliminated.