Two people tested positive for the virus, seven others are in quarantine.
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WATCH: City officials give weekly community update on local COVID-19 response
Juneau’s COVID-19 risk level remains high due to significant community spread during the last couple of weeks.
Mourners gather in Juneau in Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s honor
The mourners were mostly women, and they joined others in Anchorage, Fairbanks and across the country in grieving for 87-year-old justice.
Juneau reports two inmates at Lemon Creek among 9 new COVID-19 cases
According to the city, both had recently been admitted to the facility and were in quarantine, so they didn’t have contact with other inmates.
More than a quarter of Alaska communities haven’t claimed state CARES Act grants. Why not?
All Alaska communities had to do to receive the first round of state funding was to sign a grant agreement and pass a resolution accepting the grants.
WATCH: Juneau’s 2020 Virtual Candidate Forum brings together candidates running in Oct. 6 election
Seven candidates for Juneau Assembly will answer questions about local issues, followed by two candidates for school board.
UAS enrollment is down, but better than expected
Between the University’s Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka campuses there are just over 2,000 students enrolled.
As weekend test results start to roll in, outbreak among Juneau’s bar workers grows
City officials say at least 31 people have gotten sick with COVID-19 after a single indoor event in late August.
Juneau Assembly decides to keep using JACC building as emergency warming shelter after all
St. Vincent de Paul Society has a contract with the city to operate the emergency shelter at the JACC until April.
Now streaming: Alaska Native and First Nations films during online festival
All three films are available to watch for free on Vision Maker’s First Indigenous Online Film Festival page until September 14.