In this newscast: Genomic sequencing has confirmed the first positive case of COVID-19 in Juneau that was caused by a more contagious variant of the virus; The City and Borough of Juneau has agreed to pay $64,000 in fines to state environmental regulators for repeatedly discharging dirty water from its two main sewage treatment plants; Alaska’s congressional delegation is trying to salvage this year’s cruise-ship season by proceeding on two fronts: Getting the CDC to loosen up, and solving the Canada problem.
Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO
Newscast — Tuesday, April 13, 2021
In this newscast: State health officials are asking Alaska vaccine providers to follow federal recommendations to pause use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines while researchers figure out the clotting risk; Southeast Alaska leaders and residents last week testified for restoration of state funding cuts and in some cases additional state money to make up for a loss of federal funding; Some activists in Juneau filed paperwork on Monday that could lead to local ballot questions in the fall asking voters to limit cruise ships’ access to the capital city.
Newscast — Monday, April 12, 2021
In this newscast: It’s budget season again and Juneau city leaders are projecting another year of spending more than it brings in; Employers in Alaska face a dilemma as a big chunk of the population is wary of getting vaccinated; The state’s COVID-19 vaccination effort continued in the tiny Southeast community of Hyder.
Juneau transitions to smaller, mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinics
The city is holding its first small pop-clinic Friday at a local business.
Newscast — Friday, April 9, 2021
In this newscast: Juneau is getting a handful of responses from organizations to hold small, pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics; The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, says work will begin soon on a new office building and pier in Ketchikan; The process of earning a doctorate takes a lot of time and work — and for one Inupiaq woman hearing the words doctor next to her name was pretty emotional.
Newscast — Thursday, April 8, 2021
In this newscast: In a win for Alaska tribes, the Biden administration has cancelled the sale of a National Archives building in Seattle; Over a year after a Washington state-based conservation group filed suit in federal court to halt commercial fishing for king salmon in Alaska, the State of Alaska has decided to intervene in the case; A new daily airline connection between Juneau and Petersburg started up Monday; A bill advancing in the Legislature would rename a state council on Alaska Native languages and expand its membership.