Part of the reason is that the city-owned ski area’s pay scale begins $1.84 below Alaska’s minimum wage.
Jeremy Hsieh
Local News Reporter, KTOO
I dig into questions about the forces and institutions that shape Juneau, big and small, delightful and outrageous. What stirs you up about how Juneau is built and how the city works?
COVID testing at Alaska airports to end after Jan. 31
Since June of 2020, the state health department estimates that airport tests have detected more than 6,000 people with COVID-19.
Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021
In this newscast: No damage reported after a moderate earthquake strikes in Lake Clark National Park; A nonprofit report shows that federal COVID money pumped up federal grants to Alaska in 2020 by nearly a third; A Delta junction man accused of threatening to kill Alaska’s U.S. senators files paperwork to change his not guilty plea; Alaska’s top epidemiologist discusses the state’s status with the omicron variant;
The Alaska Police Standards Council elects a chair without a law enforcement background for the first time in decades; The Alaska Wildlife Alliance publishes a report on people and dogs accidentally caught in traps
More than 14,000 home COVID-19 test kits have been distributed in Juneau
These tests aren’t as sensitive as the ones done at the airport or at the city’s drive-thru testing site, so a second follow-up test is recommended in some cases.
Newscast – Monday, Dec. 20, 2021
In this newscast: Money from Congress’ bipartisan infrastructure bill is flowing to Alaska airports; Alaska Commerce Commissioner Julie Anderson is retiring in January; Boosters of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act point to NANA’s relationship with the Red Dog mine as a success story; An Alaska application is a finalist for federal grant money to boost marine farming and aquaculture; Juneau’s deputy city manager gives advice on how to use home COVID-19 test kits being distributed; The National Weather Service issues a winter storm warning and forecasts up to 7 inches of snow.
The Alaska Legislature’s Capitol complex in Juneau has grown to a fifth city block
Juneau’s civic leaders are always wary of simmering sentiments to move the state capital. Donating buildings to the Legislature is one way they try to quiet those calls.



