Jill Burke
Investigate Reporter
Anchorage, AK
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Jill is an award-winning Investigative Reporter and spearheads the "2Investigates" unit at KTUU/KYES
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A four-week data gap from one laboratory in Alaska may have skewed November's early COVID-19 numbers.
Three tests can tell you if you have or have had COVID-19.
Over the weekend, the city turned the Fairview Recreation Center into a congregate shelter, providing capacity for an additional 49 people.
An Alaska lawmaker shares why she opposes universal mask mandates even as national and state health officials advise everyone to wear them.
Alaska's public health team is gearing up to receive and distrubute the COVID-19 vaccine.
Groceries, Holdiays, Travel And More: The Best Web Links To Stay COVID Informed
At least 31 campers were rescued at the Hiddenite Family Camp Ground, and officials say three people are still missing.
As the snow and the temperatures continue to fall, more and more people are in need of a warm place to stay.
Mike Roman, Trump’s director of Election Day Operations, is a former White House aide from Pennsylvania who gathered claims in 1993 of voter fraud.
Fact Checker, an ongoing segment, evaluates the accuracy and truthfulness of campaign ads.
Fact checker is an ongoing segment that evaluates the accuracy and truthfulness of political advertising.
Fact Checker evaluates the accuracy and truthfulness of campaign ads.
Fact Checker will continue to review political ads leading up to the election.
The fiasco has highlighted the Vatican’s often self-inflicted communications wounds and the willingness of Pope Francis to push his own agenda, even at the expense of fueling pushback from conservative Catholics.
As temperatures drop, more people are seeking shelter, leading to what Anchorage’s homeless coordinator Nancy Burke called a “challenging position” for the city. On some nights, there wasn’t enough space at the emergency shelter inside the Sullivan Arena, which is the only shelter currently open for referrals. People had to be added to a waitlist or turned away.
Fact checker evaluates the truthfulness of campaign ads.
Fact Checker is reviewing political ads for truthfulness and accuracy.
Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz apologized to the people of Anchorage as he acknowledged a past "consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship" with local TV reporter Maria Athens, who was arrested Friday.
Governor Dunleavy is urging Alaskans to take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy offers Alaskans a COVID-19 update via a prepared video message.
Some hand sanitizers contain methanol, a dangerously toxic chemical that may not be listed on the product's label.
The action has so far caused nearly 150,000 children and adults to be expelled from the country.
An Anchorage used car dealer is accused of deceiving customers.
Molua Smith Becke, owner of Second Chance Services, LLC, has opened a new 20-bed transitional housing unit in Anchorage's Mountain View nieghborhood. He believes a community-based approach to homelessness has benefits not found in the larger housing effort being launched by the municipality of Anchorage.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy says the law bars him from talking about how he handled misconduct by Alaska's attorney general. Legal experts disagree.
The search for the killer of two women is long over, but investigators hope DNA technology can help find their relatives.
The dog was not injured, but was starving and dehydrated, according to the rescuers.
Forty-one years after her murder, a new effort seeks to identify “Eklutna Annie,” one of serial killer Robert Hansen’s early victims.
The program is designed to get 150 people off the streets and into housing and case management.
Hurricane Sally is slowly closing in on the northern Gulf Coast with powerful winds and weather forecasters are warning of “potentially historic” flooding.
According to Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services, approximately 4,000 Alaskans receive in-home care from personal care assistants or home health aides.
Black Lives Matter activists are holding their first Black National Convention.
Our health expert shares questions families should ask when deciding whether to send their child to school.
School Districts across the state are working on how to adjust student transportation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials from the office of Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz are hosting a town hall on Wednesday evening, focusing on an ordinance that would allow for the purchase of several different sites to use primarily for homeless services.
Alaska's residential and boarding schools are finding ways to remain open amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new study published in late July shows young children may carry higher viral loads of COVID-19 than other age groups.
Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has ordered Anchorage to enter what he described as a “battening down” phase, an effort meant to try to slow the spread of COVID-19, cases of which have risen sharply in Anchorage during the month of July.
The Mat-Su Borough School District will require students in grades 3 - 12, and staff, to wear masks throughout the school day, spokesperson Jillian Morrissey confirmed during a phone call early Tuesday.
Amid allegations of fraud, three longtime dentists have been fired from South Central Foundation, an Anchorage-based non-profit health care organization serving some 65,000 Alaska-Native patients across Alaska.
An Anchorage teen who killed a mother and daughter will get a second chance at making a life for himself. Now 20 years old, he's aged out of the juvenile justice system and is a free man.
Alaska has seen triple-digit daily COVID-19 counts in recent days. In a prepared statement Anchorage mayor Ethan Berkowitz called the rising numbers “a significant COVID-19 case spike“ and said we must defend our hospital capacity.”
Alaska's seafood processors are facing harsh economic blows as the industry adapts COVID-19 with new safety rules, the potential for the spread of illness, and a downturn in demand just as salmon season gets underway.
Three programs are available to help with housing assistance. Here's what they are, what they offer and how to apply.
For the fourth time in its history, the Oscars are being postponed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday that the 93rd Academy Awards will now be held on April 25, 2021, eight weeks later than originally planned because of the pandemic’s effects on the movie industry.
A handful of young people are earning high praise for their role in rescuing four survivors of a plane crash in Aniak Thursday.
A well-known homeless camp on 3rd Ave. and Ingra St. is being abated by the Municipality of Anchorage after it served 10-day notices to those who live in the area.
Rates of homelessness are expected to rise, but changes in funding allow for new approaches to services.
Large encampments are forming, and the city's ability to clear them is limited.
Cruise ships carrying dozens of passengers and crew displaying symptoms of the coronavirus awaited final word Thursday on when they would be able to dock at a Florida port after officials gave their tentative approval and the state's governor dropped his previously firm opposition.