The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly held a regular meeting on April 27, 2020.
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CBJ Special Assembly Meeting – April 27, 2020
The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly held a special meeting on March 27, 2020 to hear from Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink about statewide COVID-19 response.
Juneau Airport Board may leave millions of dollars of CARES Act funding unspent
Board member Angela Rodell says not committing a big chunk of the grant money to a capital project would give them flexibility and serve the most people.
Plan to close temporary shelter at Ketchikan rec center draws criticism from homeless advocates
A temporary 24-hour homeless shelter that was set up at Ketchikan’s recreation center is slated to close nearly two weeks ahead of schedule. The move is drawing criticism from homeless advocates.
As Alaska hair salons prepare to reopen, some owners wish they had more notice
Across Alaska, salon owners are figuring out when and how to safely reopen during the coronavirus pandemic.
City considers options as businesses decide whether to reopen
The City and Borough of Juneau is asking business owners to wait a little longer for local leaders to discuss the pros and cons.
As thousands of commercial fishermen prepare to come to Alaska, Dunleavy releases health and safety guidelines
The mandate targets independent fishing boats, many of which are operated by captains and crew who travel to Bristol Bay from outside Alaska.
Mask-maker, make me a mask: How volunteers in Juneau are connecting to local needs
Candy Behrends, for example, thinks she’s personally made and donated something like 350 cloth face masks since hunkering down. She’s one of more than 100 sewers volunteering in Juneau.
Ketchikan city officials want quarantine information, but the state won’t release it
“Because frankly, it’s rather nonsensical if we don’t know who these people are that are supposed to be following these rules,” said Ketchikan’s city attorney.
Alaska is reopening the economy, but protesters took to the streets of Anchorage anyway
There was an underlying sense among protesters that essential civil liberties were being denied because of the city’s and state’s health directives.