While Hoonah welcomes the return of cruise ships, residents and visitors remain cautious during a recent rise in coronavirus cases in Alaska.
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It happened: Someone on a large cruise ship in Juneau has tested positive for COVID-19
Deputy city manager Robert Barr says the individual did not circulate in Juneau as a tourist, but will leave the capital city by air ambulance.
New maps show roughly half of downtown Juneau in hazard zone for moderate to severe landslides and avalanches
The maps put 200 more structures in Juneau’s hazard zones for landslides and avalanches.
Juneau requires masks in city facilities amid increase in COVID-19 cases
The facilities include City Hall, Augustus Brown Pool, Dimond Park Aquatic Center, Downtown Public Library, Mendenhall Valley Public Library, Douglas Public Library, Juneau-Douglas City Museum, and Zach Gordon Youth Center.
Alaska’s getting millions this year to study landslides, but not for places recently impacted by deadly slides
State program officials say it will take a lot of money and many more years to do the kind of landslide assessment work the state needs.
State to measure extent of toxic chemical spread in Gustavus
This project’s goal is to monitor what’s called a “plume” — the area where the chemicals have moved over time through soil and groundwater.