The nearly 3.5 inches at the city’s official monitoring station was a daily record – the most rain that’s fallen on January 21st ever – and also a monthly record – the most rain that has ever fallen in January.
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Cynthia Chavez Lamar becomes the first Native woman to lead a Smithsonian museum
Chavez Lamar is an enrolled member at San Felipe Pueblo, and her maternal ancestry includes Hopi, Tewa and Navajo.
Riverbend Elementary staff settle into their new teaching spaces
“The beauty of coming back together, no matter the space is that everyone wants to make it work,” Riverbend Elementary School teacher Lindsay Baranovic said.
Newscast – Friday, Jan. 21, 2022
In this newscast: Heavy rain this weekend may cause flooding and avalanches; Juneau is giving away free home COVID-19 test kits again; Riverbend Elementary School will be closed for weeks; Juneau attorney Libby Bakalar won her lawsuit against Gov. Mike Dunleavy over free speech and wrongful termination; The Army Corps of Engineers commits to cleaning up 800 tons of contaminated material on an Aleutian Island
Free home COVID-19 test kits are available in Juneau again
The city recently got a shipment of 26,000 kits. There’s a limit of two kits per family.
Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor files bid for Alaska governor
Charlie Pierce told conservative blog Must Read Alaska that he wants to run the state like a business to jumpstart the economy.