Results have been taking four to five days on average to get back from the state lab. Results from the new lab are expected to take two to four days.
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?
Newscast – Friday, September 25, 2020
In this newscast: a record number of COVID-19 deaths in Alaska, a big airport grant for Juneau, jury trials resume, the ‘Into the Wild’ bus finds a new home, and more.
Newscast – Thursday, September 24, 2020
In this newscast: The Glory Hall is closed, more on that fatal brown bear attack in Wrangell-St. Elias, an explanation of Ballot Measure 2 and a ferry system update from SE Conference.
Newscast – Wednesday, September 23, 2020
In this newscast: a brown bear killed an alpaca at the zoo, a month of in-person schooling in the Mat-Su Borough, F-16 fighter jets make an emergency landing in Bethel and more.
Uncruise COVID-19 case was not a false positive, but Alaska’s cruise season is still over
Most of those guests have now been cleared to go home. But the passenger who tested positive is still serving out a 14-day isolation period in Juneau despite later testing negative.
Uncruise says Wilderness Adventurer passenger who tested positive does not have COVID-19
It’s unclear at this time how the passenger received the positive test and was later cleared.