Pablo Arauz Peña, KTOO

Newcast – Monday, Dec. 21, 2020

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.

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.

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.

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