Juneau

The trio of employees with mild symptoms — as well as a “small number” of identified as close contacts at the underground gold mine had returned to Juneau but did not need to be hospitalized, the company said.

Recommendations include a new staff position responsible for designing a city-backed child care program for the duration of the pandemic. Another is to pay employers to run on-site child care programs.

The LeConte is expected to resume sailings this week. It includes runs between Juneau, Pelican, Angoon, Kane and Lynn Canal communities later this week.

An areawide flood watch from the National Weather Service was canceled early Monday morning, but a flood advisory remains in effect until noon for the Mendenhall Lake and River.

Get rid of some apples now to get bigger and better tasting ones at the end of the season.

A lack of summer tourism means fewer people in Juneau, which could reduce the disincentive for skittish bears to come into town.

Superintendent Bridget Weiss emphasized that the school district’s decisions around reopening could have wider community impacts.

A bystander with a cell phone caught the sights and sounds of a steel crane jutting up in the air as the barge failed to clear the underside of the steel and concrete span.

For mail-in voting, applications for the primary are due Saturday, Aug. 8.

The man later sought medical attention at Bartlett Regional Hospital for puncture wounds and scratches.