Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

In this newscast: Avalanche forecasters are warning of increasing danger in downtown Juneau and the surrounding backcountry; Juneau residents found out this week that their local electric utility will not cover damage caused by an unusual power surge in November; Matanuska-Susitna Borough submitted a bid to host the 2024 Arctic Winter Games.

In this newscast: Schools in Juneau are a little safer now that all teachers and staff in the district are eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19; Hospital employees at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage are stepping in to fill the void to hold some of the hospital’s sickest newborns; The Alaska Marine Highway System is working to finalize the sale of its fast ferries to an overseas bidder; U.S. Rep. Don Young introduced legislation that aims to allow large cruise ships to return to Alaska this summer.

In this newscast: Hospital workers began processing COVID-19 tests locally in Juneau on Tuesday; Many Petersburg residents are rallying behind a family left homeless after a Feb. 15 fire destroyed their Scow Bay rental; Petersburg’s COVID cases continue to climb from an outbreak that appears to have begun last week; Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and is suffering from what his office is calling mild symptoms.

In this newscast: The president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Andy Teuber has resigned; Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka ceelbrated Gil Truitt Day today and will honor the Tlingit elder and local historian this evening with a plaque dedication and tribute; Some Alaska communities have had no COVID-19 cases through the whole pandemic and have vaccinated enough people to be close to reaching herd immunity; Trident Seafoods’ huge processing plant on the remote Aleutian island of Akutan reopened Friday after nearly a month-long COVID-19 closure.

In this newscast: The avalanche danger for downtown Juneau was lowered from ‘high’ to ‘considerable’ on Monday; The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday that it would provide assistance for the December storm disaster in Southeast Alaska; The cruise industry in Southeast Alaska remains frustrated by Canada’s decision to close its ports to large ships for the year, effectively prohibiting anything close to a typical visitor season in 2021. But in 2022, the cruise rebound in ports like Sitka could be staggering; Alaska public health officials say 3,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine will arrive later than expected because of a winter storm that has ravaged the lower 48; Newly purchased property and buildings adjacent to an Anchorage shelter are expected to serve as a resource hub for people experiencing homelessness.