Hundreds of potentially valid ballots arrived after Election Day without a postmark, despite a U.S. Postal Service policy to try to postmark all mailed ballots.
Jeremy Hsieh
Local News Reporter, KTOO
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Juneau’s indoor mask mandate is back amid latest COVID-19 surge
Officials hope slowing the coronavirus’s spread during this wave will reduce local labor disruptions from isolating and quarantining.
What Alaska’s move to more home COVID tests and fewer lab tests means for managing the pandemic
Home test kit results aren’t necessarily captured in state pandemic data, which impacts other public health systems officials have been using to manage the pandemic.
Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021
In this newscast: Wintry weather and omicron-related staff shortages lead Alaska Airlines to cancel hundreds of flights in and out of Seattle; Sealaska Heritage Institute gets a $2.9 million grant to help fund a totem pole trail along Juneau’s waterfront; KTOO’s Jennifer Pemberton recounts Juneau’s most impactful stories of 2021; Coast Alaska’s Jacob Resneck looks back at the fight over the Tongass National Forest’s Roadless Rule; Kodiak Island sets a record for the warmest December temperature in the state; A space technology company says Unalaska is a finalist for its satellite launch facility
At-home COVID-19 test kit supply running low in Juneau
Deputy City Manager Robert Barr said that demand has ramped up within Alaska and across the country for these kits, and the supply chain has not kept up.
Newscast – Monday, Dec. 27, 2021
In this newscast:
The supply of at-home COVID-19 test kits being distributed for free in Juneau is running low; U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has temporarily appointed someone to be the U.S. attorney for Alaska; Coast Alaska’s Jacob Resneck recounts the Alaska Marine Highway System’s ups and downs this year; Two buildings’ roofs collapse in Delta Junction after a winter storm; and The National Weather Service expects two winter storms to hit Southeast Alaska this week.