In this newscast: Juneau’s COVID-19 response team hopes to bypass some of the problems people have had signing up for a vaccine by hosting its own local vaccine clinic next week; Washington state’s attorney general and a legal coalition of 40 Tribes, states and community organizations filed a motion to block the sale of the National Archives building in Seattle; State Republican Rep. Lance Pruitt lost his legal challenge today in Alaska’s Supreme Court; Federal and state entities signed a 50-year right of way permit for the controversial Ambler Road project on Wednesday; The first baby of 2021 born at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau came into the world at 7:50 on Tuesday morning.
Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO
Juneau offers COVID-19 vaccine clinic for eligible health care workers and residents 65 and older
People 65 and older and healthcare workers who haven’t already been vaccinated can sign up for an appointment Jan. 15-17.
Newscast – Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021
In this newscast: The appointment process to get vaccinated against COVID-19 opened up on Wednesday for Alaska’s roughly 90,000 seniors, but it didn’t go smoothly; A handful of protesters showed up at the state capitol building in Juneau on Wednesday morning, but they didn’t stay for long; The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska issued a statement condemning the extremist violence in Washington, DC.
President Peterson condemns insurrection at U.S. Capitol on behalf of Tlingit and Haida citizens
President Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson says he’s afraid of what the events are demonstrating to the rest of the world.
Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021
In this newscast: An avalanche on Mt. Juneau Monday morning turned out to be harmless, but it could be a sign of more to come; Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s emergency disaster declaration has been expanded to include relief for residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed; Getting the new COVID-19 vaccines to rural Alaska is no small logistical feat; More than two dozen Native American and Alaska Native tribes, along with Washington and Oregon, are suing the federal government to stop the sale of the National Archives building in Seattle.
Newscast – Monday, Jan. 4, 2021
In this newscast: KTOO’s Jeremy Hsieh has a look back at Juneau’s biggest stories of 2020; Congress signed the most significant law to fight climate change in years, maybe ever; A judge in Anchorage says she could rule as soon as tomorrow on a request by environmental groups to block the Trump administration’s lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.