Juneau

The Juneau School District says classes won’t move online during the closure.

Juneau’s schools are set to open to students on Monday. KTOO’s Bridget Dowd spoke with Juneau School District Superintendent Bridget Weiss about what it takes to keep schools open during a surge of new COVID-19 cases.  

Chief Financial Officer Kevin Benson’s last day is Jan. 28.

One bill would prevent legislators from receiving per diem payments if they fail to pass a budget by the 121st day of regular session. 

Then, the snowpack could get dangerously rain-soaked if the weather abruptly shifts as forecast next week.

Some things that can help speed up fuel deliveries are plowing and sanding driveways, clearing a path to the tank, clearing snow or ice above the tank and loosening the fill pipe with a pipe wrench.

Hundreds of potentially valid ballots arrived after Election Day without a postmark, despite a U.S. Postal Service policy to try to postmark all mailed ballots.

Winter weather is in full effect across Alaska, but unusually high snow accumulation is testing Southeast. Usually some snow melts between storms, but that’s not happening this winter.

Alaska legislators would move from having the 12th-highest salaries to the ninth-highest. But the overall amount they are paid would likely go down, compared to what they’ve received over the past 12 years.

Officials hope slowing the coronavirus’s spread during this wave will reduce local labor disruptions from isolating and quarantining.