This week, the class of 2020 is walking the stage one grad at a time with their short list of up to four guests as their audience.
Community
Juneau begins testing homeless population for COVID-19
The City and Borough of Juneau and its partners will have mobile testing tents in the parking lot of the Juneau Arts and Culture Center this week.
The stress-relieving, storytelling art of yuraq is now available virtually
Yuraq encompasses more than just the English translation of “dance,” which is most familiar to non-Natives.
The faithful may now gather in person, but many congregations in Alaska are keeping it virtual
A state mandate allowing churches and other houses of worship to reopen went into effect two weeks ago. Despite the relaxed regulation, few Alaska churches have opened for in-person services.
What Alaskans learned from ‘the mother of all pandemics’
Newspaper articles paint a gloomy and eerily familiar picture of Juneau during the 1918 flu pandemic: stories of schools shutting down, businesses closing and mandatory self-quarantines.
Governor signs bill lowering Pioneer Home rates following 2019 hike
Last year’s rate hikes more than doubled rates for some residents at Alaska’s six state-run long-term care facilities.





