Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

In this newscast: Juneau’s Wildflower Court nursing home has an outbreak of COVID-19 among staff and residents; A long term recovery group is coordinating the various entities offering relief to Haines residents affected by the storm last month; Sitka illustrator Michaela Goade was awarded one of the highest honors in children’s literature this week; Longtime safeguards for U.S. bird populations that were stripped away by the Trump administration are among more than 100 business-friendly rules getting a second look under President Biden; One of Alaska’s largest fish processing plants remains shut down after more than a third of its workforce tested positive for COVID-19.

In this newscast: Within a few days, Alaska officials expect to share more about how the Division of Motor Vehicles managed to issue a pair of personalized license plates referencing Nazi Germany; Expanded access to public meetings via Zoom has opened them up to potential abuse. What Juneau is doing to address Zoom bombing; Researchers have confirmed the location of an important site in Tlingit history in Sitka; A loose, dry avalanche came down Mount Juneau around 4 p.m. Tuesday. 

In this newscast: Alaska’s two U.S. senators split today over whether to dismiss the impeachment charge against former president Donald Trump; There are more than 130 legislators and staff in Juneau for the legislative session; In Juneau, teachers are still divided over whether reopening schools earlier this month was the right choice; Governor Dunleavy removed Anchorage Assembly member Jamie Allard from the state Human Rights Commission on Tuesday over comments she made on social media defending Nazi terminology on a pair of custom Alaska license plates.

In this newscast: A program that teaches teachers how to incorporate culture into their classrooms has moved into several communities in Southeast Alaska; The COVID-19 pandemic has not put a pause on the region’s environmental threats; Alaska health officials expect eligibility criteria for COVID-19 vaccines to remain the same through much of February.

In this newscast: One of Alaska’s largest fish processing plants is shutting down as a COVID-19 outbreak grows; A former tribal police officer from Akiachak in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta died from COVID-19 and his family found a new way to say goodbye; One of Royal Caribbean International’s largest ships won’t be deployed to Alaska in 2021; Pebble Limited Partnership has filed an appeal with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.