Jeremy Hsieh

Payments begin at $1,000 and scale up to $2,000 based on income. Eligible residents can also get an extra $300 per dependent child. 

Earthquake policies usually cover landslides, while flood policies usually cover mudflows. But they’re usually separate additions to regular property insurance.

The City and Borough of Juneau announced Tuesday that it’s offering free COVID-19 tests to people without symptoms who may have been exposed.

The CEO of the Food Bank of Alaska says the Hawaii-based shipping company’s commitment is huge, especially with food insecurity rates spiking with the pandemic.

Many residents in one neighborhood discovered dead appliances and scorched surge protectors after an outage on Veterans Day. Hospital equipment and water utility machinery were also damaged.

The change was prompted largely by news from the grant administrator that the program appears to be vastly undersubscribed. 

City officials also flagged the death of a Juneau man in his 80s that happened over the summer, out of state, that state officials recently tied to COVID-19.

The unofficial results in other races in the district show hundreds of voters likely split their tickets between Democrats, Republicans and independents.

Three big programs are competing for what remains of the city’s CARES Act money: direct payments, business grants and housing and utility assistance.

That lead does not reflect at least 3,699 more early and absentee ballots that remain to be counted.