Juneau

Part of the reason is that the city-owned ski area’s pay scale begins $1.84 below Alaska’s minimum wage.

Instead of waiting for police reports about missing persons, we started turning to social media where family members were organizing searches for loved ones who stayed away from home too long.

Overall, the state’s ombudsman says the state corrections department was responsive and has updated its COVID-19 protocols several times during the pandemic.

The vaccine did bring some hope to early 2021, but while the virus was being knocked back a bit, the damage the pandemic brought to society was already done.

“We’re double in our pricing, which is a shock to people who have been longtime customers, you know, but it is what it is. We’re all just trying to survive,” said Tracy LaBarge, owner of Tracy’s King Crab Shack.

These tests aren’t as sensitive as the ones done at the airport or at the city’s drive-thru testing site, so a second follow-up test is recommended in some cases.