In this newscast: State health officials say 26,800 doses of a second, new COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Alaska today; Scientists are on the lookout for an invasive crab species expected to move north into Alaskan waters; An Alaska-based theater company is putting a Tlingit twist on a holiday classic.
Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO
Newscast – Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020
In this newscast: A Juneau health care worker yesterday had the nation’s first reported case of a serious allergic reaction to the new COVID-19 vaccine from drug company Pfizer; Wednesday’s snowfall in Juneau is only the beginning. The National Weather Service says a second storm is headed for Southeast Alaska that could dump a lot more snow; Coastal Alaska lawmakers say they’re unhappy with Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposal to cut more than $2 million from the state ferry system’s operating budget; Juneau’s first electric city bus arrived by barge today; Rep. Lance Pruitt violated Alaska’s campaign finance laws and should pay a penalty, according to the state’s elections watchdog agency.
Newscast – Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020
In this newscast: A few members of Bartlett Regional Hospital’s vaccine distribution team greeted the plane this afternoon carrying Juneau’s first 975 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine; A city-owned Mendenhall Valley property sold to a local developer in 2018 will return to the City and Borough of Juneau ownership; Juneau resident Majid Sateri was allegedly killed by a neighbor in his apartment building in November; The City and Borough of Juneau stopped accepting applications for its COVID-19 Individual Assistance Grant program yesterday.
Juneau’s individual COVID-19 assistance program is no longer taking applications
Catholic Community Service, the organization administering the program, received about 1,800 applications within the first six days, according to a city press release.
Newscast – Monday, Dec. 14, 2020
In this newscast: Juneau is expected to get its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow, weather permitting; Alaska set a record for the number of COVID-19-related deaths reported in a single day when health officials announced that 18 Alaskans had died from the disease; This month’s storm and landslides revealed that much of Haines, where there are no building codes, wasn’t constructed with landslide risk in mind; Alaska’s three Electoral College members cast their votes for President Donald Trump today.
Friends and neighbors hold memorial bus ride for Juneau school bus aide
Friends say Majid Sateri is already dearly missed. A neighbor has been charged with murder in connection to his death, but his friend Mick Lowry said the school bus memorial wasn’t about how Sateri died.

