Juneau

House Speaker Louise Stutes wrote to House members and staff members: “Stay safe everyone and please make good decisions.”

Thane Road will be closed Wednesday afternoon from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. because of high natural avalanche danger.

Micciche said Konrad Jackson’s case was linked to a legislator who tested positive. Jackson spent a week in critical care and is still in the hospital.

The forecast doesn’t account for $1.13 billion that the state is set to receive from the federal relief law enacted earlier this month.

Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink and local experts will be available for the community’s vaccine questions on March 24.

AEL&P can still pull power from Lake Dorothy and Snettisham southeast of Juneau because one of the transmission lines runs underground below Gastineau Peak’s Snowslide Creek.

Infection Preventionist Charlee Gribbon says inspectors found that the hospital has good policies but wasn’t always following them.

Nine total staff and lawmakers have tested positive so far this year.

Konrad Jackson became seriously ill from COVID-19 and has been at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau for several days. 

Registration for Juneau’s next vaccine clinic opens on Monday, March 15 at noon.