Newscast – Tuesday, April 27, 2021

In this newscast:

  • The Juneau Assembly relaxes COVID-19 community restrictions and travel mandates,
  • the CDC now recommends pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine,
  • the state agrees to pay a former Arts Council employee $85,000 who lost her job for making negative comments about the governor on social media,
  • an Alaskan wins an EPA grant to develop an idea to turn plastic ocean debris into lumber,
  • Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings offers $1 million to the City and Borough of Sitka with no strings attached, and
  • an Alaskan wins a $2.1 million slot machine jackpot in Las Vegas.

Jeremy Hsieh

Local News Reporter, KTOO

I dig into questions about the forces and institutions that shape Juneau, big and small, delightful and outrageous. What stirs you up about how Juneau is built and how the city works?

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