Jennifer Pemberton

There are almost 100 ships with COVID-19 on board that the CDC is currently investigating. 

The year 2021 was a great one for public art in Juneau.

Lawmakers spent a record amount of time at the capitol this year trying to agree on a budget.

When the short cruise season was over and done with, a total of 125,000 passengers came to town, which is less than 10% of the passengers from 2019.

Juneau’s hazard maps haven’t been updated since the 70s. New proposed maps have roughly 50% of the buildings in downtown Juneau in a moderate or severe risk area for avalanche or landslide.

Southeast Alaska saw below average temperatures over Christmas weekend and even colder temperatures are expected in the first week of 2022. 

KTOO’s intention is to cover criminal and social justice outside of the courtroom, focusing on the victims and other people impacted by crime and inequity.

Instead of waiting for police reports about missing persons, we started turning to social media where family members were organizing searches for loved ones who stayed away from home too long.

The vaccine did bring some hope to early 2021, but while the virus was being knocked back a bit, the damage the pandemic brought to society was already done.