In this newscast: Juneau’s mass vaccination event, call for Eastman to be removed, Alaska National Guard helping with inauguration security
Jennifer Pemberton
Managing Editor, KTOO
I bring stories from the community into the KTOO newsroom so that all of our reporting matters. I want to hear my community’s struggles and its wins reflected in our coverage. Does our reporting reflect your experience in Juneau?
After months on high alert, Juneau drops to ‘moderate’ COVID-19 community risk level
Overall cases of COVID-19 have dropped in Juneau, but there is still community spread occurring, which means that the source of some people’s infections is unknown.
Meet the first baby born at Juneau’s hospital in not-2020
Even though they spent an extra month in the hospital, Madelynn’s dad is still glad his daughter was born in 2021.
Cruise Town, Season 2, Ep. 4: The season that wasn’t
How bad was it? Will the industry bounce back? Will Juneau bounce back? We discuss the cruise season that wasn’t and what Cruise Towns might expect for next year.
The Best of KTOO News 2020
Almost everything we reported on this year falls into the categories of pandemic, election, racial justice or weather. We relentlessly covered the big events that defined the year.
Record-breaking rainfall leaves muddy mess across Southeast Alaska
High winds, flooding and landslides caused moderate to severe damage in communities across Southeast Alaska Wednesday, as an atmospheric river stalled over the region and brought record-breaking rain.
More record-breaking days for new COVID-19 cases in Alaska: Nearly 1,400 infections reported over the weekend
Earlier this week officials from seven hospitals across the state this week and all expressed concern about the state’s health care system’s ability to handle the skyrocketing number of COVID-19 cases.
Newscast – Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020
In this newscast: Dunleavy issues emergency alert to Alaskans’ cellphones; school district divided about start of in-person classes; Rep. Andi Story wins second term; UAS interim chancellor is now permanent
Newscast – Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020
In this newscast: election updates; another day of multiple COVID-19 deaths; Juneau’s hospital sees a surge in children experiencing mental health crises; Pebble opponents underwhelmed by Murkowski’s latest bill; the bears are still up
Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020
In this newscast: Alaska’s COVID-19 case counts could be 25 – 50% higher than what the state is reporting; Eaglecrest’s ambition reopening plan; warming rivers and melting sea ice and warming; ballot counting resumes tonight in Alaska