The state Department of Transportation closed the road to all traffic as they tried to set loose the unstable snowpack on the mountainside above the road.
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Alaska tribes apply for broadband licenses to improve internet access
A startup called Alaska Tribal Spectrum received a $100,000 grant from the Denali Commission to register as many Alaska Native tribes during the final months of last year’s application period. The initiative has signed up nearly 70 tribes.
New case of COVID-19 announced in Juneau; city starts screening airport arrivals
To date, 34 Juneau residents have tested positive for the virus since March. According to city data 32 of them have recovered.
Juneau preps Centennial Hall to provide quarantine and isolation spaces
The plan is to use Juneau’s Centennial Hall to isolate people who have tested positive for COVID-19 but do not require hospitalization, and to quarantine those who may have been exposed.
Story, Hannan announce reelection bids for Alaska House
Juneau Reps. Andi Story and Sara Hannan, both Democrats, won their seats a year ago and are part of the bipartisan House Majority Coalition.
The mysterious case of Alaska’s strange sockeye salmon returns this year
From exceptionally strong to exceptionally weak runs, sockeye salmon leave scientists scratching their heads this year in Alaska.
Big turnout for Douglas library’s first Drag Queen Story Hour
A library worker in youth services says the event raised a few eyebrows, but didn’t draw any formal complaints.
Solemn totem raising acknowledges Douglas and T’aak̲u K̲wáan’s buried past
The somber ceremony is the beginning of the T’aak̲u K̲wáan tribal government’s plans to formally recognize historic trauma and begin healing. The 26-foot Raven Pole honors the Gaanaxteidí clan of the T’aak̲u K̲wáan, leaf of devil’s club that represents healing and a carved staff which represents the end of grieving.
Alaska Department of Corrections denies reports of Douglas expansion
The Alaska Department of Corrections says Senate Bill 91 mandates expanded pre-trial services. Rumors that a Douglas office building could be part of the plan has neighbors alarmed and a state lawmaker demanding answers.
How has the consolidation of Juneau and Douglas affected the two communities?
For 70 years, Juneau and Douglas were separate cities. That came to end in 1970 following a controversial vote in which voters in Juneau overwhelmingly voted to consolidate their smaller neighbor.