Adelyn Baxter

In this newscast: Alaska’s chief medical officer says loosening COVID-19 restrictions will depend on testing, the inpatient substance abuse recovery program at Juneau’s hospital is suspended due to the pandemic,  questions remain over the whether local municipalities can enhance or override state health mandates and cruise companies continue to sell trips to Alaska in July despite uncertainty that the season will happen. 

In this newscast: Economists with the state say increased competition amid the ongoing pandemic contributed to a drop in Alaska oil prices, Alaska has another record-breaking week for unemployment filings, a Juneau woman who has now recovered from COVID-19 describes finding out she was Juneau’s tenth case, the state still has not received all of the medical supplies it requested from the federal government, two state senators question the decision to place surgical abortions on a list of procedures that should be delayed amid COVID-19 and President Donald Trump declares a major disaster for Alaska due to the new coronavirus. 

In this newscast: A  Juneau woman describes her struggle to get tested for COVID-19, Forest Service veterans speculate about employee transfers from the Tongass to South Dakota, an Alaska tribe and city ask the Governor to shut down the Bristol Bay fishery this summer and the state’s attorney general says the North Slope Borough does not have the authority to seize Ravn Air Group’s assets. 

In this newscast: The Governor announces his budget vetoes, the City and Borough of Juneau sets up a facility to isolate and quarantine residents, the budget vetoes include most of the funding for the Alaska Marine Highway System, self-employed Alaskans will be able to access federal unemployment insurance and a lawsuit over the location of last July’s special session is dismissed.