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Permanent Fund Corporation CEO says virus-affected markets offer opportunity
Permanent Fund Corporation CEO says virus-affected markets offer opportunity
Alaska raises coronavirus preparedness level

Alaska raises coronavirus preparedness level

Steps one can take to help prevent contracting a cold also can help prevent getting COVID-19.

  • Mar 5, 2020
  • By Becky Bohrer Associated Press
Alaska raises coronavirus preparedness level
Juneau’s City Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Cruise ship decision should be tabled by the Assembly

Prudence and levelheadedness are called for.

  • Mar 5, 2020
  • By Jack Fargnoli
Juneau’s City Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Cruise ship turned away from Asia ports comes to town

Cruise ship turned away from Asia ports comes to town

A cruise ship that was turned away from ports in Asia because of fears of spreading a new virus is expected to arrive in Alaska.… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2020
  • Associated Press
Cruise ship turned away from Asia ports comes to town
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. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (Courtesy Photo | NIAID-RML via AP)

City and Borough of Juneau to hold coronavirus meeting

City and Borough of Juneau will hold a meeting to discuss COVID-19 Monday, March 9, the city announced Tuesday. The special Committee of the Whole… Continue reading

  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 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. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (Courtesy Photo | NIAID-RML via AP)
Kodiak representative has strong words for AMHS leadership
Kodiak representative has strong words for AMHS leadership
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and State health officials updated the media today on the status of novel coronavirus preparedness. (Courtesy photo | Office of the Governor)

Dunleavy says Alaska is ready for coronavirus

The coronavirus hasn’t appeared in Alaska yet, but Gov. Dunleays says it probably will.

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and State health officials updated the media today on the status of novel coronavirus preparedness. (Courtesy photo | Office of the Governor)
Opinion: We still need the visitor industry

Opinion: We still need the visitor industry

We’re lucky to live where people want to visit.

  • Feb 25, 2020
  • By Ben Brown
Opinion: We still need the visitor industry
Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
People wearing masks, attend a vigil for Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 7. The death of a young doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China’s new virus triggered an outpouring Friday of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public safety. (AP Photo | Kin Cheung)
People wearing masks, attend a vigil for Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, in Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 7. The death of a young doctor who was reprimanded for warning about China’s new virus triggered an outpouring Friday of praise for him and fury that communist authorities put politics above public safety. (AP Photo | Kin Cheung)