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Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File The Juneau-Douglas City Museum will be among the public facilities closed because of COVID-19 concerns.

COVID-19 closings: Public facilities close to limit spread of the virus

Libraries, schools, pools and more.

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File The Juneau-Douglas City Museum will be among the public facilities closed because of COVID-19 concerns.
Cruise ships are docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it’s working with Holland America on a detailed docking plan that would require two ships carrying passengers and crew from an ill-fated cruise to handle all medical issues without impacting South Florida’s already-stressed hospitals. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard

The new rules require daily updates on each ship’s coronavirus caseload for vessels in U.S. waters.

  • Apr 1, 2020
  • By FREIDA FRISARO and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press
  • Coronavirus
Cruise ships are docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it’s working with Holland America on a detailed docking plan that would require two ships carrying passengers and crew from an ill-fated cruise to handle all medical issues without impacting South Florida’s already-stressed hospitals. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Vivian Mork teaches harvesting of devil’s club in Wrangell years ago. ( Vivian Mork | For the Capital City Weekly)
Capital City Weekly

Planet Alaska: Winter Medicine

Tea-ing off on cold season.

Vivian Mork teaches harvesting of devil’s club in Wrangell years ago. ( Vivian Mork | For the Capital City Weekly)
Cubicles

Judge sides with state after union asks for temporary restraining order

Follow-up hearing is April 6.

Cubicles
State suspends fees, regulations in effort to stabilize economy

State suspends fees, regulations in effort to stabilize economy

It’s stabilization, not a bailout, governor says.

State suspends fees, regulations in effort to stabilize economy
Juneau reports 4 new COVID-19 cases

Juneau reports 4 new COVID-19 cases

Total is now nine.

Juneau reports 4 new COVID-19 cases
The Juneau Raptor Center received an injured adult male bald eagle rescued from Skagway on March 31, 2020. (Courtesy art | Juneau Raptor Center)

Raptor Center still in business with new distancing rules

Please do not pick up the injured wildlife.

The Juneau Raptor Center received an injured adult male bald eagle rescued from Skagway on March 31, 2020. (Courtesy art | Juneau Raptor Center)
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Moose have been part of both successful and unsuccessful population transplant attempts in Alaska. Moose have been part of both successful and unsuccessful population transplant attempts in Alaska. (Courtesy Photo | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Transplanting mammals in Southeast

There have been successes and failures.

Courtesy Photo | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Moose have been part of both successful and unsuccessful population transplant attempts in Alaska. Moose have been part of both successful and unsuccessful population transplant attempts in Alaska. (Courtesy Photo | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Alaska attorney general warns public to be wary of scams

Alaska attorney general warns public to be wary of scams

Protect yourself and your identity in this crisis.

Alaska attorney general warns public to be wary of scams
The Alaska state flag on the bow of the MV Matanuska at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

Lawmakers approve $66.7M for Alaska Marine Highway System

Legislators increased the operating budget for ferry service by around $20 million.

The Alaska state flag on the bow of the MV Matanuska at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Police calls for Tuesday, March 31, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Congressional delegation says billions in relief coming to Alaska

Congressional delegation says billions in relief coming to Alaska

There may still be a need for more

Congressional delegation says billions in relief coming to Alaska
The budget is passed and lawmakers have gone home

The budget is passed and lawmakers have gone home

Now, it’s time to wait and see.

The budget is passed and lawmakers have gone home
Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard An MH-60 Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka carries out training in Juneau on June 26, 2018.

Coast Guard flies pump to vessel taking on water

Civilian vessels also responded to the situation.

Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard An MH-60 Jayhawk crew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka carries out training in Juneau on June 26, 2018.
Centennial Hall, left and the Juneau Arts & Culture Center, center, seen in this August 2019 photo are providing shelter for homeless people in Juneau in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent spell of cold weather. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

JACC opens for cold weather, overnight sheltering

People will be able to shelter in Centennial Hall during the day.

Centennial Hall, left and the Juneau Arts & Culture Center, center, seen in this August 2019 photo are providing shelter for homeless people in Juneau in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent spell of cold weather. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, orange, emerging from the surface of cells, gray, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. Experts say researchers racing against time to provide a proven treatment for COVID-19 will have to balance scientific rigor against speed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/NIAID-RML via AP

More COVID-19 cases and deaths reported in Alaska

A third Alaskan has died as cases in the state topped 100 over the weekend.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, orange, emerging from the surface of cells, gray, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. Experts say researchers racing against time to provide a proven treatment for COVID-19 will have to balance scientific rigor against speed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/NIAID-RML via AP
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council holds Women’s History Month tele-town hall

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council holds Women’s History Month tele-town hall

RSVP online to participate.

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council holds Women’s History Month tele-town hall
The Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Legislature approves budget, PFD

Budget includes COVID-19 relief.

  • Mar 29, 2020
The Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Sunday, March 29, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, March 29, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

  • Mar 29, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Sunday, March 29, 2020
Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire A patient, who tested positive for the coronavirus, had contact with the first floor of the state office building at 410 Willoughby Ave., according to an email from DEC Commissioner Jason Brune.

State workers share COVID-19 concerns

Supervisors’ hands feel tied.

Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire A patient, who tested positive for the coronavirus, had contact with the first floor of the state office building at 410 Willoughby Ave., according to an email from DEC Commissioner Jason Brune.