In this newscast:
- The state officials leading Alaska’s coronavirus preparations brief state lawmakers to keep calm and keep informed,
- port towns wonder what safeguards and extraordinary measures officials can take to keep possible cruise ship-borne coronavirus out,
- House lawmakers turn their attention to permanent fund dividend checks,
- the Juneau Raptor Center cares for two eagles that turned up with neurological damage,
- a Kaktovik man gets sentenced for letting a polar bear he killed outside his house go to waste,
- deep snow along the Iditarod trail suggests this year’s racers will need a lot of patience, and
- the National Weather Service issues a high wind warning in effect until 6 a.m. Friday.