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Concern comes with warm holiday weekend

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Concern comes with warm holiday weekend

Be safe out there.

Capital City Fire/Rescue firefighter/EMT Jessica Skiba holds a COVID-19 test sample at the city’s drive-thru screening site at the Hagevig Regional Fire Training Center in the Mendenhall Valley on Monday, June 29, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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State reports 50 new COVID-19 cases

Total case count passes 1,000.

Here’s how much money was distributed to Alaskans on an early PFD day

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Here’s how much money was distributed to Alaskans on an early PFD day

Not too many sales.

State counts 42 new coronavirus cases

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State counts 42 new coronavirus cases

None in Juneau.

Dunleavy urges diligence ahead of holiday weekend

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Dunleavy urges diligence ahead of holiday weekend

You should wear a mask, but don’t have to.

Attorney General says mask order doesn’t apply to state offices

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Attorney General says mask order doesn’t apply to state offices

Clarkson said the order does not apply to state buildings and facilities in Anchorage

‘A death that wasn’t theirs’: Local woman says Juneau COVID-19 death incorrectly counted

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‘A death that wasn’t theirs’: Local woman says Juneau COVID-19 death incorrectly counted

Deceased was listed as Juneau resident, her niece says she never lived here.

State reports 2 new cases for Juneau

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State reports 2 new cases for Juneau

One resident, one nonresident.

This map shows regional corporations established by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971. On Friday, a judge ruled Alaska Native Corporations are eligible to receive federal coronavirus relief funds. (Courtesy Photo | US National Park Service)

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Judge rules Alaska Native corporations can get tribal virus relief money

Alaska Native corporations are eligible for relief funding for tribes, a federal judge ruled.

Outgoing UAS chancellor: Merger talk ‘something you should pay attention to’

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Outgoing UAS chancellor: Merger talk ‘something you should pay attention to’

local leadership, local programs.

State releases Alaska-themed materials encouraging COVID-19 precautions

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State releases Alaska-themed materials encouraging COVID-19 precautions

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign.

The Tongass National Forest sign seen en route to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Court blocks timber sale in Alaska’s Tongass Forest

It ends the plan to open almost 38 square miles of old growth forest.

Health officials say wear a mask —whether or not there is a mandate

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Health officials say wear a mask —whether or not there is a mandate

“It’s not about you, it’s you being part of this group.”

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. Photo courtesy NIAID-RML via AP.

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State reports new COVID-19 cases

16 for residents, 19 for nonresidents

Peter Segall | Juneau Empire                                 An UnCruise vessel sits tied up on Juneau’s waterfront on Monday, June 22, 2020. UnCruise and other small cruise ship lines are planning limited voyages to Alaska for the end of summer. That has some local officials worried about how they might handle a health crisis, and considering how they can boost the economy.

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Smaller cruise lines plan Southeast voyages as case count rises

Small communities, big decisions.

The Capitol building in Juneau, Alaska. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

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Filing seeks hold on Alaska business aid pending changes

He contends the money should be spent according to “defined standards.”

Polarizing Petition: Hundreds call for statue’s removal

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Polarizing Petition: Hundreds call for statue’s removal

But not everyone wants to see Seward leave spot near Capitol.

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. (NIAID-RML via AP)

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State reports more than 20 new COVID-19 cases

The state reported Saturday 21 new cases of COVID-19 involving Alaskans.

Alaska’s Congressional Delegation, from left to right, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Rep. Don Young, all Republicans. Delegates responded to criticisms of President Trump made by former Secretary of Defense Gen. James Mattis. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska lawmakers: Discrimination involved in Arctic decision

They say banks

Ketchikan warns virus spread possible after quarantine break

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Ketchikan warns virus spread possible after quarantine break

A person who didn’t follow quarantine procedures created the possibility of community spread.