According to the city, both had recently been admitted to the facility and were in quarantine, so they didn’t have contact with other inmates.
Southeast
Southeast’s commercial Dungeness crab summer season the second highest on record
The summer harvest was so good that it’s higher than nearly all other full-season harvests — but the value of the fishery was not near a record breaker.
Neighbors in Hyder, Alaska and Stewart, B. C. ask Canada to ease border restrictions
Residents in Hyder and Stewart are advocating for what they’re calling the Bear Bubble, which would create a shared space for residents in both communities and exempt them from the quarantine rules.
Governor’s ferry task force says divesting from the fleet is off the table
The nine-member ferry work group has reached consensus that the ferry system is too important for the state to just walk away.
UAS enrollment is down, but better than expected
Between the University’s Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka campuses there are just over 2,000 students enrolled.
Visible haze from Lower 48 wildfires makes it to Ketchikan, but air quality in the region is still good
Smoke from the record wildfire season in California and the Pacific Northwest has been visible all over the northern half of the Lower 48.
One-of-a-kind photo collection documents 75 years of life in Angoon
“You can’t put a price on photos taken from somebody from within the culture and in this case, somebody from within the community as well,” said Chuck Smythe of Sealaska Heritage.
As weekend test results start to roll in, outbreak among Juneau’s bar workers grows
City officials say at least 31 people have gotten sick with COVID-19 after a single indoor event in late August.
$500 million in federal help now available for fishermen hurt by trade war
Thousands of U.S. fishermen could be eligible for a new program designed to help fishermen hurt by the tariff on seafood.
Timeline: Looking back at six months of COVID-19 in Alaska
September 12 marks six months since Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Alaska’s first known case of COVID-19. We thought now was a good time to pause and take stock of where we are — and to look back on how we got here.