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In this news update:
The name of a man fatally shot at a Fairbanks Safeway store has been released;
Haines residents welcomed the first Canadian visitor since March 2020 when the U.S. border re-opened on Monday;
Juneau’s dumpling restaurant expanded to Anchorage;
Investigators have begun collecting evidence at the site of a fatal airplane crash in Kodiak.
In this newscast:
Juneau police and family of a missing Juneau man say his body has been found;
State and federal wildlife authorities propose a 31-day harvest for wolves that conservationists would prefer to protect;
Chuck Bundrant, one of the founders of America’s largest seafood company, Trident, died last month at 79.
In September, the hospital’s CEO and Chief Behavioral Health Officer resigned abruptly. An interim CEO is in place while the board searches for a permanent one.
In this newscast:
The state reports 16 new cases of COVID-19 in Juneau;
Record numbers of behavioral health patients seek care while there’s management upheaval at Bartlett Regional Hospital;
One student raises $50,000 to save endangered Cook Inlet belugas;
and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski voted to restore arts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which lacked enough Republican support to pass.
Previously, the tribal health organization primarily served the Alaska Native community in Juneau.
Cases of eating disorders began to ramp up during the pandemic. Alaska’s medical facilities aren’t set up to handle the volume or the severity.
