Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

The new guidelines mirror the CDC’s guidelines that also relax social distancing measures for fully vaccinated people.

In this newscast: Some Ketchikan businesses have shut their doors and community events have been canceled after emergency officials raised the community’s pandemic risk level to its highest level; Across Alaska, internet users are being offered $75-per-month discounts as pandemic relief; Guardian Flight has settled a wrongful death lawsuit over a 2019 air ambulance crash in Southeast Alaska that killed three people; Former Republican Governor Sean Parnell will be the new leader of the University of Alaska Anchorage, the state’s largest public university.

In this newscast: The small cruise ship season has started in Juneau and the visitor industry is gearing up for it — though it’s not clear how many people are coming; The Admiralty Island village of Angoon has received nearly $2 million in federal funding to build a visitor center; The proposal to tamp down on the sale and use of fireworks in Juneau is headed to a public hearing and final vote; Authorities in Ketchikan have for the first time raised the community’s pandemic risk level to its highest mark.

In this newscast: Nearly two weeks after a cyberattack, the Alaska Court System’s email came back online today; Two born and raised Skagwegians have developed an e-commerce website for Alaska businesses to help their parents stay afloat during the pandemic; The Alaska House passed the operating budget bill yesterday.

In this newscast: Many Instagram users reported that content they shared about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day had disappeared; The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says its latest guidance for cruise ship operators could allow passenger voyages to resume by midsummer; Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy’s administration has granted the governor’s former chief of staff a waiver from state ethics laws in his new job at ConocoPhillips.

In this newscast: An invasive fungus is threatening Alaska’s frogs, toads, newts and salamanders; Tiny homes have gained traction in recent years as an affordable housing alternative, but building them legally poses a challenge in many communities; About half of Alaskans who responded to an online survey say they had not gotten a COVID-19 vaccine yet; The chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court says the court system did not receive a ransom demand or any direct message from those involved in a cybersecurity attack last week.